Software updates have gotten so fucked up in general these days.
It’s so rare that changelogs are published to actually educate the end user about what an update will do. Most of the time it’s just “Bug fixes and feature updates” with no further detail. What bugs? What features? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Then you update (or, more likely, you left auto-update on) because they guilt you into thinking that you’ll immediately fall victim to a zero-day vulnerability if you don’t. And suddenly everything just gets slightly worse and worse.
It should be more accepted to follow the mentality of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” with software, precluding the need to install new updates unless something stops working or there is a vulnerability to patch. On my phone at least, I have auto updates turned off and will generally let audience consensus determine if it’s something I want. But it’s still a coin toss if I decide to take an update, because no one bothers to tell you what they really do anymore.
A while back, I was actually okay with MS being semi forcible about Windows Update.
Most people overestimate their antivirus, and don’t realize that frequent updates are generally the most important way of keeping their system safe. And, to avoid turning computers into zombies for botnets, to keep the whole internet safe. Windows is the world’s most popular OS - it’s good for the world to keep systems secure.
And then MS had the gall to betray that responsibility of only shipping critical security patches by forceful methods. They started forcing people to Windows 11, pushing Edge back in as their browser, pushing popups and Start menu changes, and so on. For a thousand reasons, Windows Update has more notoriety in common with malware than the malware it’s meant to protect you from.
Uninstall and use another browser. Easy peasy.
Leopards ate my face moment. Stop using that trash.
This is not a “leopards ate my face” situation.
“I never thought AI would eat my face”
-Person who installed the browser from the AI Face Eater company
It is, on my opinion. Lemmers should know Google is not a good faith actor.
For some people, sure - actively choosing chrome despite knowing the kind of company Google has become is silly
But then I think about the people who have chrome pre-installed on their phones, with no ability to remove it. Despite using a different browser, they still got burned by this.
I do believe lemmings have a higher tech literacy than the average internet user, but I also believe tech literacy shouldn’t be a requirement to hide from ai.
The people who boast about using chrome and insist other browsers are trash absolutely had their faces eaten… But the people who did their best to avoid chrome did not
For some people, sure - actively choosing chrome despite knowing the kind of company Google has become is silly
Those were the people I was referring to. I was referring to the people who do know better.
But it’s true what you’re saying as well, about devices where you have no choice. Not very easy to do anything about that.
Just stop updates.
It installed it two years ago but nobody noticed because all the privacy nerds use different browsers
Just the other day I uninstalled Chrome & gave “Enshittification” as the reason when prompted. Not that I’d been using it since turning to Firefox a few years ago and Waterfox more recently.
Well your first mistake was using Chrome in 2026
I only used Chrome on my old phone, and since I have switched away from it with the new phone.
No sensible adblocker is the point that killed Chrome for me.
Stop using Chrome
Without asking
When has Google ever asked anybody before updating Chrome?
or notifying*.
*Except for the
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Announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56b9uHAcHYc
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Blog post: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/ai-mode-chrome/
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Developer documentation: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/ai/built-in
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And product page: https://gemini.google/overview/gemini-in-chrome/
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I found out this doesn’t apply to celeron laptop from 2016 with 4 GB ram so all good.
Local AI js API checks pc specs before downloading - cos it wouldn’t work anyway 😁
I didn’t think that AI would be a big brother in reality.
Brave is better than Chrome. Definitely recommend.
Firefox and Firefox forks > *
We all need to stop using Chromium forks
