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Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension
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robin_reala
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29 Mar 25 09:35 UTC
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tossandthrow
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29 Mar 25 09:55 UTC
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If the machine is less than 2 years old (and you are in eruope) just return it as defect.
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ginko
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29 Mar 25 10:14 UTC
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If OP is in Europe Google could be drawn and quartered for GDPR violations.
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kleiba
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29 Mar 25 11:00 UTC
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"could" being the point here - as Joe Bloke, you're not going to get yourself into a legal dispute with Google, but it's not very hard to return an electronic device as an ordinary end consumer when it's still under warranty.
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Matthyze
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29 Mar 25 14:58 UTC
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That's not how the GDPR works. Just like criminal procedure, subjects do not sue alleged offenders themselves. The state instead sues on their behalf.
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