I can't see any issues here.
You agree to download and install Chrome and all its elements.
The size of the file is therefore irrelevant.
Obviously it uses the cloud, you can't run an AI model locally and it would be impossible to secure anyway.
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All solved with one simple step, DON'T INSTALL THIS GARBAGE!
Unfortunately it is not so simple. Microsoft Windows uses Copilot inside the system. Google Chrome uses Gemini models. Even the duckduckgo uses an optional AI. Nowadays any computer touches the internet touches AI systems directly or indirectly.
- Use as much as possible the local software instead of cloud-based softwares
- F*** the big tech companies. Use Linux, use librewolf or brave or any suitable browser instead of Chrome and Mozilla.
- Use firewall all over your system.
- Use DNS filtering
- Use custom roms In your android
- Fuck Google search. Use another search engine.
- Use Neovim or VSCodium instead of motherfucker VSCode
- Use self hosted cloud services
You cannot avoid 100%, but you can decrease the collateral damage in this way.
Not simple but worth the effort IMO. Totally agree with your list, use FOSS when possible, Adguard Home makes for great DNS filtering, I've been a fan of Kagi for search, gotta pay a little but get a ton of control over your search engine.
If someone is comfortable with computers I highly recommend looking into a VPS, you can get one cheaper then cloud services and use tools like Yunohost to make getting started self hosting not hard.
so fucking glad I wiped that piece of shit off my devices.
it's all been downhill since.
i honestly feel proud that i left chrome years ago, when they removed manifest v2, it pushed me to switch to other browsers based on firefox, currently i use librewolf
At least all the carbon emissions will be offset by Windows being carbon aware! Right? Right...?!
"Windows Update is committed to helping reduce carbon emissions."
Now, excuse me as I generate a picture of a man with 15 fingers on my browser, using my computer with chatgpt built intp it, while next to my phone with Gemini built into my texting app and assistant and maps app and photos app and
Man I sure do wish Linux mobile was a thing. I really want a full on Linux phone.
I have had a pinephone for half a decade. Should update the postmarketOS install on it really.
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My Google chrome took 10GB space on system disc so I needed to unistal it. Now I use only Firefox.
How unsurprising anymore in this hellish world where corporates hate your desire for anonymity... but try to hide theirs, such as dark expense accounts, tax evasion, secret offshore banking accounts, connections with crime and hate groups, etc.
The increasing enshittification of every service pushed me to GrapheneOS long before Google could force this shit on me
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Remember how few years ago there was a massive outcry when U2s album was downloaded to devices without permission?
I remember when microslop was sued for monopoly antitrust for packaging a browser with it's OS, pretty sure now in win 11 it resets default to Edge on every reboot.
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It's funny because they're trying to find ways to cut cloud costs by offloading to users, but when that's not a concern, they shove everything into the cloud and then ensure no local running option is available or viable.
They want all of your data in the cloud so they own it.
They want all their crap on your device, so you pay for it.
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