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by LandenLove 12 days ago
Despite using Firefox, I keep chrome installed in case there is a website that requires it. I have recently started receiving Windows 11 notifications from Chrome, advertising their new AI features. This happens one two different devices. I haven't launch chrome on either of them for some time.

It is maddening how much they are pushing this useless and inaccurate garbage on us.
4 comments
Saris 12 days ago
Ungoogled Chromium is what I keep installed for that reason. There if I need it as a browser, but otherwise does absolutely nothing else.
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lucb1e 12 days ago
Exactly, I was also pretty unamused by Google pushing product ads into system notifications. Not the first software I stop using due to system notification ads!

Mentioned it in an off-topic company chat but the director has gotten tired of people thinking badly of Google now that we're using Google Workspace and he looks for every parallel there is to be drawn to e.g. Mozilla ("doesn't Thunderbird also show a donations call from time to time?" Yeah, when you open and use the actual program, and they are ultimately a non-profit) but the chat was dead after that... Felt a bit that I was the only person who was fairly perplexed by a legit business pushing ads in notifications

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Hobadee 11 days ago
A user-agent spoofer will help with most of those "Chrome required" websites.
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slipknotfan 12 days ago
you can solve the google problem: cd C: && find -type f | grep google | sudo xargs rm

and also the win11 problem:

format C:

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nosioptar 12 days ago
Why run two commands when the following will remove both google and windows in one command?

cfdisk /dev/hda && mkfs.xfs /dev/hda1 && mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/ && chroot /mnt/gentoo/ && env-update && . /etc/profile && emerge sync && cd /usr/portage && scripts/bootsrap.sh && emerge system && emerge vim && vi /etc/fstab && emerge gentoo-dev-sources && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make install modules_install && emerge gnome mozilla-firefox openoffice && emerge grub && cp /boot/grub/grub.conf.samp le /boot/grub/grub.conf && vi /boot/grub/grub.conf && grub && init 6

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account42 11 days ago
You forgot echo CFLAGS=-funroll-all-loops >> /etc/portage/make.conf
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tardedmeme 11 days ago
I can see that chrooting into an empty folder can make it look like everything is deleted but it's actually the mkfs command that deleted everything.
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