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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. (www.thatprivacyguy.com)
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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

The root comment opens with 'don't use Chrome.' This tangent is about specific overblown fixation on power use... for downloads.

I am telling you to apply your own criticism of bandwidth to anything else Google does. Four gigs to every desktop Chrome user is still a drop in the bucket compared to a streaming service. If the average Chrome user has watched two movies online, they've done just as much environmental damage. Which is to say: not much.