sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoGoogle Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.www.thatprivacyguy.comexternal-linkmessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1457arrow-down19
arrow-up1448arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.www.thatprivacyguy.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square147fedilink
minus-squareleoj@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 hours agoCan you even uninstall chrome on an android phone? I only get the option to disable.
minus-squarezerozaku@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoUse Shizuku and Canta to uninstall any uninstallable app. Or if you don’t want to bother, just disabling works fine too as long as you are not worried about the storage.
minus-squarefeannag@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoYou can use adb on a computer to remove chrome. https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/188524/how-can-i-uninstall-google-chrome-on-my-android-and-recommend-a-suitable-replace#231279
minus-squareleoj@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agothis is very helpful info, thank you, didn’t realize this was possible.
minus-squarefrischkaesbagett@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoThat depends on the ROM you are using. The one i am using (https://iode.tech/) is using a firefox based browser that you can actually uninstall.
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoIs this happening on android, too?
minus-squareleoj@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoI don’t think so… yet… So not as disconcerting tbf, but curious to if it will come out of nowhere at some point, just like this.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoProbably not stock Android. I’m on GrapheneOS and it doesn’t come with Chrome at all. But I don’t think the article is claiming it happens on Android.
minus-squareFE80@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoVanadium is Chrome derived; but I’m sure Graphene de-enshittifies it to the maximum possible extent.
minus-squareAttacker94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoTechnically speaking, it is chromium derived which does make the difference in this instance.
Can you even uninstall chrome on an android phone? I only get the option to disable.
Use Shizuku and Canta to uninstall any uninstallable app. Or if you don’t want to bother, just disabling works fine too as long as you are not worried about the storage.
You can use adb on a computer to remove chrome.
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/188524/how-can-i-uninstall-google-chrome-on-my-android-and-recommend-a-suitable-replace#231279
this is very helpful info, thank you, didn’t realize this was possible.
That depends on the ROM you are using.
The one i am using (https://iode.tech/) is using a firefox based browser that you can actually uninstall.
Is this happening on android, too?
I don’t think so… yet… So not as disconcerting tbf, but curious to if it will come out of nowhere at some point, just like this.
Probably not stock Android. I’m on GrapheneOS and it doesn’t come with Chrome at all. But I don’t think the article is claiming it happens on Android.
Vanadium is Chrome derived; but I’m sure Graphene de-enshittifies it to the maximum possible extent.
Technically speaking, it is chromium derived which does make the difference in this instance.