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First post, by Norton Commander

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Google's AI enshittification gets worse.

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05 … omputer/5230893

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/chr … now/ar-AA22rYRr

https://www.engadget.com/2166113/chrome-downl … archer-alleges/

https://www.techspot.com/news/112309-google-c … b-ai-model.html

https://byteiota.com/chrome-installs-4gb-ai-w … sent-gdpr-risk/

I don't have Google Chrome but this will prevent me from ever using it. I use LibreWolf mainly and Edge w/Ublock Origin as backup. Can anyone recommend a modern privacy focused Chromium browser with suppor for Ublock Origin, not Ublock Origin Lite besides Edge?

Reply 1 of 6, by PCGamingTimeMachine

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I've heard of Supermium - maybe you could check it out? They have some degoogled parameters but I can't say definitively how good it is privacy-wise. LibreWolf is awesome (for now)

Reply 2 of 6, by theelf

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Norton Commander wrote on Today, 09:45:
Google's AI enshittification gets worse. […]
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Google's AI enshittification gets worse.

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05 … omputer/5230893

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/chr … now/ar-AA22rYRr

https://www.engadget.com/2166113/chrome-downl … archer-alleges/

https://www.techspot.com/news/112309-google-c … b-ai-model.html

https://byteiota.com/chrome-installs-4gb-ai-w … sent-gdpr-risk/

I don't have Google Chrome but this will prevent me from ever using it. I use LibreWolf mainly and Edge w/Ublock Origin as backup. Can anyone recommend a modern privacy focused Chromium browser with suppor for Ublock Origin, not Ublock Origin Lite besides Edge?

In XP i use Supermium, y think work fine in late windows too

Reply 3 of 6, by Dimos

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In the last year or so, i use Thorium, it has dedicated versions both for Xp and Windows 7. In both Oses it gives me the best experience from the browsers i have tested.

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Reply 4 of 6, by theelf

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Dimos wrote on 21 minutes ago:

In the last year or so, i use Thorium, it has dedicated versions both for Xp and Windows 7. In both Oses it gives me the best experience from the browsers i have tested.

I use in XP sadly get stuck on 122

I want to test this one

https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Chromium-for-windows-7-REWORK

But im outside home until next month because work... ahh... relly wanna know work fine in XP as alternative to supermium

Reply 5 of 6, by Shponglefan

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I've been using Firefox since I switched away from Chrome a couple years ago. Main reason is it supports uBlock origin on both desktop and mobile.

That said, Firefox has started pushing their own AI features recently. There is an option to fully disable them, but I do worry about the future.

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Reply 6 of 6, by BinaryDemon

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If I was choosing to run an AI model, I probably would prefer to install it locally and minimize it's online footprint. It's the 'silently' part that suspicious - why not be open and upfront with it?