alt Hacker NewsA spellchecker is a standard function of a text program.
Since when is an AI part of the browser?
On top it’s another abuse of their market domination. What if users prefer other models?
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J-Kuhn • yesterday at 8:43 PM
At least Word lets me choose which dictionaries I want to install during its installation. With an estimate on how much disk space it will take.
hoppyhoppy2 • yesterday at 11:47 PM
There was a point in time when a spellchecker was not a standard function of a text program, and a spellcheck dictionary would have been considered a large file to include with that kind of software.
I'm not a fan of Google's actions here, but I do think it's possible that at some future time we'll say, "but a local AI model is a standard function of a web browser."
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By that reasoning, any novel/cutting-edge addition to a browser or other software is wrong? Every standard was new at some point.