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by sgbeal 36 days ago
The following seems to keep Chrome from re-downloading this beast:

    # From one's $HOME dir:
    rm -fr ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel
    mkdir -p ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel
    touch ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel/weights.bin
    chmod 0400 ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel/weights.bin
    chmod 0500 ./.config/google-chrome/OptGuideOnDeviceModel
Adapt as appropriate for your OS. For "Chrome Unstable" installs, the dir name is google-chrome-unstable.

This has, so far, kept Chrome from (re)installing that file on my system.

Hypothetically the parts involving weights.bin aren't needed so long as the containing directory is not writable.
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oneeyedpigeon 36 days ago
FYI, this doesn't appear to work on macOS, unless I'm lucky enough that Chrome has never installed anything related to this on my machine. I don't even have a ~/.config/google-chrome directory; it's possible Google is using some Apple-alternative to that standard.
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AdminAccount 36 days ago
Might be a good addition for https://superuser.com/questions/1937372/
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sgbeal 36 days ago
> Might be a good addition for https://superuser.com/questions/1937372/

Done! Edit: nevermind - i've deleted it. The community guidelines request/require that responses actually attempt to answer the question (how to block all AI usage), which this response does not address.

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