It is entirely about user surveillance as well as pushing their product on to their users because they have the install base. Google Chrome has become Microsoft IE6 in hostile user behavior.
replyYou either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.
replyWhat did we expect when they dropped "don't be evil" from their company values?
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replyI don't trust them either, but the same Google makes Gemma 4 available to run as locally and privately as you want, and those models are pretty amazing for their size.
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