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The following seems to keep Chrome from re-downloading this beast: # From one's $HOME dir: rm -fr ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel mkd
by sgbeal 4mo ago
The following seems to keep Chrome from re-downloading this beast:
# From one's $HOME dir:
rm -fr ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel
mkdir -p ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel
touch ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel/weights.bin
chmod 0400 ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel/weights.bin
chmod 0500 ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel
Adapt as appropriate for your OS. For "Chrome Unstable" installs, the dir name is google-chrome-unstable.
This has, so far, kept Chrome from (re)installing that file on my system.
Hypothetically the parts involving weights.bin aren't needed so long as the containing directory is not writable.
- oneeyedpigeon 4mo agoFYI, this doesn't appear to work on macOS, unless I'm lucky enough that Chrome has never installed anything related to this on my machine. I don't even have a ~/.config/google-chrome directory; it's possible Google is using some Apple-alternative to that standard.
- AdminAccount 4mo agoMight be a good addition for https://superuser.com/questions/1937372/ https://superuser.com/questions/1937372/
- sgbeal 4mo ago> Might be a good addition for https://superuser.com/questions/1937372/ https://superuser.com/questions/1937372/ Done! Edit: nevermind - i've deleted it. The community guidelines request/require that responses actually attempt to answer the question (how to block all AI usage), which this response does not address.