1. Massive storagebloat from Chrome’s AI add‑on > “4GB of storage is not a ‘mere’ thing, to the contrary.” – paganel
2. Users feel they are not asked for consent / forced into opt‑out
“Maybe consent is not an appropriate term. Perhaps an acknowledgement and a way to say “I don’t want this” would be a more suitable approach.” – scorpioxy
3. Distrust of Google’s “AI‑everywhere” strategy
“I think they do. They just don’t care.” – delecti
4. People are migrating to alternative browsers / forks
“I use Firefox.” – chinathrow
5. Memory / performance concerns differentiate Chrome from rivals
“Chrome also came in at slightly lower memory consumption … 4.67 GB vs 4.83 GB for Firefox.” – theandrewbailey
6. Skepticism about the purpose of the locally‑installed model
“The model doesn’t do anything, it’s just a sandbox.” – jauntywundrkind
7. Privacy worries – fear of data being shipped back to Google
“I certainly would not trust Google or Chrome. They have a history of class‑action lawsuits for doing shady things to users.” – 2ndorderthought
8. Real‑world impact on metered or low‑bandwidth users
“Places like public school districts have hundreds of computers and this will be somewhat significant for them.” – dd_taylor