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[–] Comet79@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They did. If you remove it, Chrome detects that the folder is missing and it downloads it again. Just don't use Chrome.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 6 days ago

ig imma stick to my Steam built in browser.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What of you just keep an empty file in it's place? Hopefully it doesn't do a checksum.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Easy solution- use Firefox or Librewolf instead.

[–] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Firefox has a new CEO who is pivoting the project into being an "AI Browser".

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

There is a windows registry tweak to disable it permanently. Just search up the proper key.

[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Interesting. This update is not on my phone or my PC, which are both up to date. Wonder who it's installing on.