Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude Desktop case I wrote about last month, but the scale is between two and three orders of magnitude larger. This article does the legal analysis and, for the first time, the environmental analysis. The numbers are not small.
Honestly you only need like a handful of commands to install, update and remove applications. It’s not like your compiling each package by hand (unless you’re into that sort of thing). Also those commands can be located in the documentation.
I’ve spent countless hours in the registry. Linux filesystem is cakewalk compared to the bloated abomination that is system32.
Omg!!! You’re absolutely right! Running through YouTube tutorials from India or Linux terminal videos from India is exactly the same!
Honestly you only need like a handful of commands to install, update and remove applications. It’s not like your compiling each package by hand (unless you’re into that sort of thing). Also those commands can be located in the documentation.
I’ve spent countless hours in the registry. Linux filesystem is cakewalk compared to the bloated abomination that is system32.