Sorry Google. It's not me, it's you.
Yeah, you've made the go-to web browser for years now, but I'll have to take my chances elsewhere.
When you tried to installing a 4GB AI model on my machine without asking me, I had to finally draw the line.
So tonight I'm 100% chrome free for the first time in years. Let's see what it does to my laptop battery life :)
#enshitification
Ben Pate 🤘🏻
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2026-05-07 03:35:10 UTC
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