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The site is currently unavailable 503 so I can't read it. But I wonder, what should you consent to? Every dependency? Every dependency above 1GB?
by ponyous 4mo ago
The site is currently unavailable 503 so I can't read it. But I wonder, what should you consent to? Every dependency? Every dependency above 1GB?
- nottorp 4mo agoExtra power and ram usage without your permission, for example.
- whizzter 4mo agoExactly, for all the hate of Windows, I could at least just look for shit named co-pilot and uninstall it for a pretty nice experience on my new computer. Phones aren't always as straightforward (especially jarring as "Google services" are required in Sweden on Android for stuff like mobile identity systems).
- StingyJelly 4mo agoThis is so absurd... I have to keep an old (rooted in order to hide that adb is enabled) phone connected to my home server just to use such app, because grapheneos without google services is apparently not secure enough.
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- KeplerBoy 4mo agoThat ship has sailed on the web a long time ago.
- trvz 4mo agoRead the article, it's not about that, but a mere 4GB of storage.
- nottorp 4mo agoOh and why is it there? Do you really think it's not loaded and executed automatically by default, so some Google executive can justify their "AI" spend?
- joegibbs 4mo agoI don’t. Do you have any actual evidence they’re doing that beyond the vibe?
- nottorp 4mo agoDo I look like law enforcement? I don't have to do innocent until proven guilty. It's the tech company's problem to convince me they are trying to do something useful to me. Come to think of it, it's their problem to convince me they still understand "useful to the customer" first.
- paganel 4mo ago4GB of storage is not a “mere” thing, to the contrary.
- mightysashiman 4mo agoDon't install chrome in the first place then
- nottorp 4mo agoI'm logged in to work in Chrome and to personal stuff in Firefox :)
- izacus 4mo agoDoes that include the CPU burning cat girl captchas or not?
- account42 4mo agoIt absolutely should.
- cluckindan 4mo agoHello iOS upgrade.
- McGlockenshire 4mo agoSounds like the words of someone that doesn't pay for their data use. Silicon Valley is not the world.
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- scorpioxy 4mo agoMaybe consent is not an appropriate term. Perhaps an acknowledgement and a way to say "I don't want this" would be a more suitable approach. I feel like a flag to turn off LLMs is useful. Firefox added something like this in a recent release. I don't know how much they're downloading or how much they run it, nor would I be a good judge if it's necessary or not, but I don't want that functionality in my browser so turned it off.
- cwillu 4mo agoIsn't that asking for consent?
- oriettaxx 4mo agothe subject has been faced many years ago an super well applied in EU privacy regulations: Google knows it very well, and in super details and I have no doubt they will be fined for this despite all reduction of it thanks to their lobbying (and corruptions, too, in my super personal opinion): this fact well explain EU fines based on company's income.
- derangedHorse 4mo agoThere's a setting in `chrome://flags` mentioned in the post that allows users to turn this off. I guess people want opt-in consent rather opt-out consent which there's always debate about. Some people say it degrades the experience for the majority of users who would opt-in for the happiness of the few possibly already detracting users.