sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoGoogle 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square332linkfedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down122cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.zipprivacy@lemmy.world
arrow-up11Karrow-down1external-linkGoogle 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.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square332linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.zipprivacy@lemmy.world
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down3·5 days agoIt’s funny because they’re trying to find ways to cut cloud costs by offloading to users, but when that’s not a concern, they shove everything into the cloud and then ensure no local running option is available or viable.
minus-squareHakuso@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·5 days agoThey want all of your data in the cloud so they own it. They want all their crap on your device, so you pay for it.
minus-squareimetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·5 days agoWhen something is free, you are the product.
minus-squarebold_omi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 days agoYou’re forgetting FLOSS. That wisdom only applies when the product is made for financial incentive and is free, and not always then either.
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It’s funny because they’re trying to find ways to cut cloud costs by offloading to users, but when that’s not a concern, they shove everything into the cloud and then ensure no local running option is available or viable.
They want all of your data in the cloud so they own it.
They want all their crap on your device, so you pay for it.
Bingo
When something is free, you are the product.
You’re forgetting FLOSS. That wisdom only applies when the product is made for financial incentive and is free, and not always then either.
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