• ben@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1671·
    2 months ago

    Well your first mistake was using Chrome in 2026

  • zikzak025@lemmy.world
    52·
    2 months ago

    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.

    More software should just operate along the lines of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and preclude 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.

    • dbx12@programming.dev
      131·
      2 months ago

      Fun fact: when releasing apps on Google Play, you are basically forced to give a proper summary about what the update contains and Google threatens your developer account if you fail to do so. If you want some sour chuckles, check the “what’s new” of YouTube or Google Play itself.

    • REDACTED@infosec.pub
      11·
      2 months ago

      It’s so rare that changelogs are published to actually educate the end user about what an update will do.

      This reminds me - One of the games I play did an update called “Nothing update” and it just simply said “Nothing was updated, no need to investigate”.

      • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
        178·
        2 months ago

        “I never thought AI would eat my face”

        -Person who installed the browser from the AI Face Eater company

      • Victor@lemmy.world
        23·
        2 months ago

        It is, on my opinion. Lemmers should know Google is not a good faith actor.

        • paranoid@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          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

          • Victor@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 months ago

            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.

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • teslekova@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      2 months ago

      I have to admit, I started laughing when it tried to update me to Win 11, I finally threw up my hands and said “Fuck it, why not!” said yes, and it did not work. 😄 It still kept asking though. Hilarious.

      I installed Bazzite this year.

      • PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I’m 1.5 years into Bazzite now, and to be clear I end up using degrees of not-my-devices for a lot of my time on coprutor these days (so, not pushing this distro that hard over that time, in other words).

        But it’s been great, also run it on a small number of super cheap second hand laptops for various things and have had really good experiences.

        There’s a few caveats but overall Bazzite is accessible and robust.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Yup, exactly. The concept of forced updates is fine, as long as it is handled properly. The issue is that Microsoft has not handled it properly.

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
    23·
    2 months ago

    I googled a definition of a word today. it took me two minutes to get chrome to not use the “AI mode” search when searching via the address bar

    tomorrow I’m switching to Firefox at work. after I spend an hour trying to figure out how to remove the copilot overlay from Excel, anyways

    • 7101334@lemmy.world
      181·
      2 months ago

      When it comes to disabling AI in Google searches, you have two choices:

      • Lawful Option: Add -ai to the end of your search, ie, “define asinine -ai”
      • Chaotic Option Add profanity to your search, ie, “what the fuck does asinine mean”
      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
        8·
        2 months ago

        this wasn’t the AI preview/response thing at the top of a regular Google search result. they brought me into a new “AI mode” chatbot window completely separate from google search

        I’m still not sure how I got it to fuck off. it kept doing it for simple searches, but would do a regular search if the search keys had enough words

      • texture@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        opera is not nice to you, its an awful company and does not respect your privacy or data at all.

        look at a firefox fork like waterfox if you want a browser that will be nice to you

  • motruck@lemmy.zip
    8·
    2 months ago

    Google doesn’t need to scrape the web they just need chrome to send them the das you are already scrapping for them. Stop using Chrome.

  • Wispy2891@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 months ago

    It installed it two years ago but nobody noticed because all the privacy nerds use different browsers

  • BenLeMan@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    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.