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Google 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.com)
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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Who still uses Chrome?

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

68% of all browser traffic, with Safari at a close second with 17%

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That is a technical response to a philosophical question.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

It was a philosophical question posed about a technical matter.

Okay, succinctness aside, I get that you're trying to imply that the kind of person who still uses Chrome is basically asking to be mistreated (I think?) - but the author's point about climate impact depends on user count, not user personality.

[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Got a notice just yesterday that my browser wasn't supported on a site and I needed the latest version of chrome. Luckily chromium fooled it. So... Chrome is still the IE of the modern web.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Companies.
And you, if you work for a company.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The corporate images for our company come with Firefox ESR, and you can file an automated request for Chrome if you want it added 🤷‍♂️

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's dope. And rare. Good on them.

[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Same here. Our IT guys have good taste in browsers, but they also know that some people in the company may still need one of the messy sites that are incompatible with web standards. Chrome is for those edge cases.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

I got the short end when i was in the office. Edge and chrome were it. And there was a white list. They even monitored when the TV was turned on.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Will intern 4 free 4 FF ESR

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

Who still uses [literally the most-used thing in its field]?

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Most middle and high schoolers use chromebooks nowadays.