Post #2010040
2026-05-05 09:16 UTC
Replies (11)
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@ferricoxide@blahaj.zone 2026-05-05 12:11
@benjaoming@social.data.coop So, while I have Chrome installed, I'm going to guess I haven't launched Chrome since they started this fuckery?
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@hacknorris@mstdn.social 2026-05-05 09:32
@benjaoming at least for offline ai usage like ollama or for other reasons?
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@ariarhythmic@ohai.social 2026-05-05 10:08
@benjaoming That's 3 FHD pirated movies' worth of traffic and storage wasted on AI slop served to many users many of whom will never touch it fucking hell
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@NatureMC@mastodon.online 2026-05-05 10:39
@benjaoming #degoogle #Chrome #aisucks ⬆️
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@dckim@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 10:39
@benjaoming at least you will know that this is the absolute best one. I think a lot of people will actually be happy about this. I am fairly certain that this has not taken place. It can be verified directly in the file system. How can this be verified? I'm pretty sure it's false.
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@epicdemiologist@wandering.shop 2026-05-05 11:22
@benjaoming Thank you. Uninstalled Chrome, which I rarely use anyway.
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@kens@mastodon.uno 2026-05-05 11:43
@benjaoming Shortly... Google? Chrome??? Never!
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@superblox@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 16:15
@benjaoming Chrome has been silently installing features I don't want for a long time, so this isn't news. If you value control, Waterfox/LibreWolf/Vivaldi is there for you.
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@okohll@hachyderm.io 2026-05-05 19:08
@benjaoming ta, just removed Chrome, which I don't use anyway, from my laptop. I hope it doesn't download to servers, we use Chrome to generate PDF files server side, I'll have to keep an eye out - 4G would be a large portion of many of our disks.
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@guinnessduck@mstdn.social 2026-05-06 00:09
@benjaoming I remember the uproar when Apple put a U2 album on everyone’s iPod without consent. This Chrome thing.. I mean I just don’t even have the words anymore. I remember when I used to love technology.
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@nieuemma@mastodon.de 2026-05-06 00:30
@benjaoming my entire Linux system is less than 4GB!