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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. (www.thatprivacyguy.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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[–] 34 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

It's almost as if Big Tech thinks the stuff we buy with our own money belongs to them...

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    • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Absolutely unacceptable. I’d already decided against using chrome on any of my devices, now I’m going to recheck that I removed the browsers completely.

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    • [–] 14 points 4 months ago* (9 children)

    Ungoogled Chromium, for the addicts.

    Or Chromite.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I'm not an addict, but I need to keep a copy of Chrom(ium) for sites I MUST access that don't work with Firefox

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    There's a possibly unsurprisingly high number of these...like my vet's online booking service. Literally cannot access it without Chrome. Not Chromium. Not Firefox. Not any FF derivatives. Only Google Chrome. It's frustrating. I used it once because the office was closed, and ever since I call in to book. When they tell me I can book online I tell them that the system doesn't support my browser of choice, not just my main choice but the top 10....

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Change vets and tell them why.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Unfortunately they're the best and also closest. I'd rather call to make an appointment and remind them why I don't use the online portal than be charged for poor care for my cat. Really not a difficult decision for me.

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    • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Joke's on them, I only have 1gb/month of mobile data.

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    [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Does it happen on chromium too?

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    • [–] 0 points 4 months ago

    Am I the only one who noticed the install size is assumed to be the same as download size with no compression used despite the great lengths taken to calculate the environmental impact of the download?

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