Stop Chrome Browser From Downloading a Hidden 4GB AI File

[Astuces iOS]

HAHAHA are people really using gogole chrome???? Just use safari...

 

[robvalentine]

Fun turn of events, the latest 26.5 removed OpenAI's Atlas browser saying it was a virus.. 🤣

To be fair there's a subset of people here who think anything non apple is a virus

 

[robvalentine]

HAHAHA are people really using gogole chrome???? Just use safari...

not sure why anyone would use safari over anything else, but then again on iPhones you have to... Just with a different UI

 

[benwiggy]

whose work requires Chrome

What happens if you use a different Chromium browser instead?

I thought, nay hoped, that the days of browser-specificity died decades ago. I remember working for a publishing firm whose internal admin system required Internet Explorer -- which didn't exist on all the Macs... 🙄

 

[turbineseaplane]

not sure why anyone would use safari over anything else, but then again on iPhones you have to... Just with a different UI

In defense of Safari, it does tend to be the least resource intensive which can matter greatly on laptops.

 

[smkbrvo]

So, "delete Chrome". Done.

 

[indefinite]

I checked ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default.

There is no folder named OptGuideOnDeviceModel there, and no close OptGuide* matches in the Default profile. I opened the Default folder in Finder.

 

[GtrDude]

People still using Chrome when you have Brave???

 

[Reason077]

not sure why anyone would use safari over anything else, but then again on iPhones you have to... Just with a different UI

No longer true since a long time (2018) in the EU. And since recently in Japan. Brave uses its own browser engine in those regions.

 

[BeatsByTim]

Better yet, uninstall chrome and install brave!

Brave is run by crypto bros with their own sketchy monetization schemes. No thanks.

 

[Andreas from Zurich]

I know- this article could have just been titled "Stop Chrome."

Came here for this comment.

 

[jz0309]

not sure why anyone would use safari over anything else, but then again on iPhones you have to... Just with a different UI

I'm happily using Safari for 99+% of my browsing ...

 

[Abydos]

back to the 'friends don't allow friends to use AOL'

 

[averagenerd81]

All you pearl-clutchers exercising your outrage: this is a LOCAL model. That has major privacy advantages. You’d be complaining the same if it was in the cloud but you’d probably complain about the fact that it’s in the cloud.

Pearl-clutchers? I dont care if it is a "LOCAL model".What I want is to be ASKED before trash like this is just loaded without my knowledge.

But I am guessing you are either a paid shill or more than likely a bot .. so this comment is pointless.

 

[macbookj0e]

Brave is run by crypto bros with their own sketchy monetization schemes. No thanks.

What sketch monetization schemes are they? I’ve been using it years and not seen any of those.

 

[zarmanto]

I'll check this when I get home from work -- but I strongly suspect that my Intel-era iMac is too old to support the model.

My gaming PC, on the other hand... that one's a solid "maybe." I guess I'll have to search for info on whether or not this issue also applies to Windows boxes.

 

[now i see it]

Better yet - just delete chrome.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

HAHAHA are people really using gogole chrome???? Just use safari...

I have Macs, Windows PC's, an iPhone and an Android. Please tell me where to get Safari for all those platforms...I'll wait. HAHAHA!

 

[robvalentine]

I'm happily using Safari for 99+% of my browsing ...

I have so many compatibility issues with safari, and for web development Chrome is probably the best I've used, Firefox a close second and safari way back. I'm not a hotshot web developer though tbf

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Better yet - just delete chrome.

How original 🙄

 

[diego.caraballo]

I checked ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default.

There is no folder named OptGuideOnDeviceModel there, and no close OptGuide* matches in the Default profile. I opened the Default folder in Finder.

It's inside the Chrome folder.

 

[rezzo]

Better yet, uninstall Google Chrome and install Helium! ( https://helium.computer ) Like Brave, but without the bloatware.

 

[platinumaqua]

Uninstall Chrome and use Safari or Firefox

 

[awesomecat]

firefox user here, unaffected.

 

[attila]

But if I use Chrome, I likely want the AI, right? The Gemini integration is its main feature advantage right now. I don't need instructions on how to lobotomize my browser.

If that is the only thing that's better than other browsers, why not use a better browser?

Personally, I prefer Chrome's dev tools to the competition, so I'm sort of stuck with it.