alt Hacker News> A 4 GiB model has nothing to do with the functionality of a web browser. It is something forced on users without their consent.
This does not happen. The model is not downloaded unless the user intentionally uses the feature that requires it. Then it's downloaded at that point.
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coldtea • today at 1:51 PM
Unless the user uses a feature.
That that feature (a) requires a local LLM, (b) will install a multi-GB download without telling the user, all happen without any explicit user consent.
untrue, I’ve deleted it many times in the last year. I don’t think this is new.