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Extra power and ram usage without your permission, for example.

Exactly, for all the hate of Windows, I could at least just look for shit named co-pilot and uninstall it for a pretty nice experience on my new computer. Phones aren't always as straightforward (especially jarring as "Google services" are required in Sweden on Android for stuff like mobile identity systems).

This is so absurd... I have to keep an old (rooted in order to hide that adb is enabled) phone connected to my home server just to use such app, because grapheneos without google services is apparently not secure enough.

Read the article, it's not about that, but a mere 4GB of storage.

Oh and why is it there? Do you really think it's not loaded and executed automatically by default, so some Google executive can justify their "AI" spend?

I don’t. Do you have any actual evidence they’re doing that beyond the vibe?

Do I look like law enforcement? I don't have to do innocent until proven guilty.

It's the tech company's problem to convince me they are trying to do something useful to me. Come to think of it, it's their problem to convince me they still understand "useful to the customer" first.

4GB of storage is not a “mere” thing, to the contrary.

It is in 2026. Average daily household usage is at ~25gig. That's average, so 50% are more than that

It sounds like you’re talking about network usage, but this is about storage.

Also, average doesn’t mean 50% lower and 50% higher.

I did mention "storage".

Does that include the CPU burning cat girl captchas or not?

It absolutely should.

Hello iOS upgrade.

Don't install chrome in the first place then

I'm logged in to work in Chrome and to personal stuff in Firefox :)

That ship has sailed on the web a long time ago.

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