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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. (www.thatprivacyguy.com)
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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That sucks. But like I said before, you should still be able to use the drive/machine. You will just need to reinstall Windows or, preferably, install another OS. I recommend Mint or Fedora if you are new to installing OSes and KDE over Gnome if you are used to Windows.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It won't let me. It even blocks factory resetting. I literally mean it's a brick. I tried for three months to fix it.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

I’m confused by what you mean when you say it won’t let you. Windows itself shouldn’t have any say over what’s going on as far as booting like a USB drive goes. Assuming this isn’t an ARM device and even then you should still be able to install Linux, have you turned off Secure Boot or tried resetting the BIOS altogether?