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	There have been reports of Google's ScreenAI being enabled on Chromebooks via the Google Chrome web browser by default.'''<ref name="CBrick">{{Cite web \|last=Isaac \|first=Rob \|date=24 Mar 2025 \|title=Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension \|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331115019/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|archive-date=31 Mar 2025 \|via=Hacker News, originally posted on Mastodon}}</ref>'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Gerard \|first=David \|date=29 Mar 2025 \|title=Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down \|url=https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329233052/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|archive-date=29 Mar 2025 \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=Pivot to AI}}</ref> The accessibility tool was put into the [[wikipedia:Chromium_(web_browser)\|Chromium]] project, which provides the foundation for the Google Chrome web browser and many other web browsers; potentially affecting the majority of web browsers that are used.<ref name=":0" />		There have been reports of Google's ScreenAI being enabled on Chromebooks via the Google Chrome web browser by default.'''<ref name="CBrick">{{Cite web \|last=Isaac \|first=Rob \|date=24 Mar 2025 \|title=Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension \|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331115019/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|archive-date=31 Mar 2025 \|via=Hacker News, originally posted on Mastodon}}</ref>'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Gerard \|first=David \|date=29 Mar 2025 \|title=Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down \|url=https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329233052/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|archive-date=29 Mar 2025 \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=Pivot to AI}}</ref> The accessibility tool was put into the [[wikipedia:Chromium_(web_browser)\|Chromium]] project, which provides the foundation for the Google Chrome web browser and many other web browsers; potentially affecting the majority of web browsers that are used.<ref name=":0" />

	Rob Isaac's complaint is that the machine has become "too hot to touch" and that the extra load has made it essentially unusable, significantly reducing the battery life.<ref name="CBrick" /> Chromebook users confirm these complaints on their own machines, and have posted their complaints on the Chromebook help forums.<ref name=":0" /> Other concerns are that the software is invasive, similar to [[Microsoft#Recall\|Microsoft's Recall]] feature, and that the software itself is not transparent, as the source code for ScreenAI is not available to the public.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=6 May 2024 \|title=Development and Deployment of ScreenAI \|url=https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/screen_ai/README.md#development-and-deployment \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=GitHub}}</ref>		Rob Isaac's complaint is that the machine has become "too hot to touch" and that the extra load has made it essentially unusable, significantly reducing the battery life.<ref name="CBrick" /> Chromebook users confirm these complaints on their own machines, and have posted their complaints on the Chromebook help forums.<ref name=":0" /> Other concerns are that the software is invasive, similar to [[Microsoft#Recall\|Microsoft's Recall]] feature, and that the software itself is not transparent, as the source code for ScreenAI is not available to the public.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=6 May 2024 \|title=Development and Deployment of ScreenAI \|url=https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/screen_ai/README.md#development-and-deployment \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=GitHub \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251023201813/https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/screen_ai/README.md \|archive-date=23 Oct 2025}}</ref>

	==Products==		==Products==

Bythmusters: Added Cargo template in place of Infobox

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	{{~~InfoboxProductLine~~		{{ProductLineCargo
	\| ~~Title~~ = ~~{{PAGENAME}}~~		\|ArticleType=Product
	\| ~~Release Year~~ = ~~2011~~		\|Category=Hardware, Laptops
	\| ~~Product Type~~ = ~~Software/Hardware~~		\|Company=Google
	\| ~~In Production~~ = Yes		\|Description=
	\| ~~Official~~ Website = [https://www.google.com/chromebook Google Chromebook]		\|InProduction=Yes
	~~\| Logo = Google Chromebook logo.svg~~		\|Logo=Google Chromebook logo.svg
			\|ReleaseYear=2011
			\|Website=[https://www.google.com/chromebook Google Chromebook]
	}}		}}

	==Consumer impact summary==		==Consumer impact summary==
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	\| Official Website = [https://www.google.com/chromebook Google Chromebook]		\| Official Website = [https://www.google.com/chromebook Google Chromebook]
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	\| Official Website = [https://www.google.com/chromebook Google Chromebook]		\| Official Website = [https://www.google.com/chromebook Google Chromebook]
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AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: /* Consumer impact summary */ +template

2025-12-19T08:19:30Z

Consumer impact summary: +template

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	==Consumer impact summary==		==Consumer impact summary==
	~~Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of products part of the product line.~~		{{Ph-C-CIS}}

	~~Touch on relevant topics like;~~

	~~User Freedom~~

	~~User Privacy~~

	~~Business Model~~


	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

70.66.144.203: removal from the 'planned obsolescence' category, does not appear to fit

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removal from the 'planned obsolescence' category, does not appear to fit

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	~~[[Category:Planned obsolescence]]~~

70.66.144.203: minor structural improvements

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].		This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
	===Google ~~Chromebook Severely Impacted after Google force-installed~~ ScreenAI ~~into the Google Chrome browser~~ (2025)===		===Automatic installation of Google's ScreenAI extension (2025)===
	There have been reports of Google's ScreenAI being enabled on Chromebooks via the Google Chrome ~~webbrowser~~ by default.'''<ref name="CBrick">{{Cite web \|last=Isaac \|first=Rob \|date=24 Mar 2025 \|title=Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension \|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331115019/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|archive-date=31 Mar 2025 \|via=Hacker News, originally posted on Mastodon}}</ref>'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Gerard \|first=David \|date=29 Mar 2025 \|title=Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down \|url=https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329233052/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|archive-date=29 Mar 2025 \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=Pivot to AI}}</ref> The accessibility tool was put into the [[wikipedia:Chromium_(web_browser)\|Chromium]] project, which provides the foundation for the Google Chrome ~~webbrowsers~~ and other ~~webbrowsers~~; potentially affecting the majority of ~~webbrowsers~~ that are used.<ref name=":0" />		There have been reports of Google's ScreenAI being enabled on Chromebooks via the Google Chrome web browser by default.'''<ref name="CBrick">{{Cite web \|last=Isaac \|first=Rob \|date=24 Mar 2025 \|title=Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension \|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331115019/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|archive-date=31 Mar 2025 \|via=Hacker News, originally posted on Mastodon}}</ref>'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Gerard \|first=David \|date=29 Mar 2025 \|title=Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down \|url=https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329233052/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|archive-date=29 Mar 2025 \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=Pivot to AI}}</ref> The accessibility tool was put into the [[wikipedia:Chromium_(web_browser)\|Chromium]] project, which provides the foundation for the Google Chrome web browser and many other web browsers; potentially affecting the majority of web browsers that are used.<ref name=":0" />

	Rob Isaac's complaint is that the machine has become "too hot to touch" and that the extra load has ~~essentially~~ made it unusable, ~~while also~~ reducing the battery life ~~significantly~~.<ref name="CBrick" /> Chromebook users confirm these complaints on their own machines, and have posted their complaints on the Chromebook help forums.<ref name=":0" /> Other concerns are that the software is invasive, similar to [[Microsoft#Recall\|Microsoft's Recall]] feature, and that the software itself is not transparent; the source code for ScreenAI is ~~developed within Google's internal source code repository google3~~.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=6 May 2024 \|title=Development and Deployment of ScreenAI \|url=https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/screen_ai/README.md#development-and-deployment \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=GitHub}}</ref>		Rob Isaac's complaint is that the machine has become "too hot to touch" and that the extra load has made it essentially unusable, significantly reducing the battery life.<ref name="CBrick" /> Chromebook users confirm these complaints on their own machines, and have posted their complaints on the Chromebook help forums.<ref name=":0" /> Other concerns are that the software is invasive, similar to [[Microsoft#Recall\|Microsoft's Recall]] feature, and that the software itself is not transparent, as the source code for ScreenAI is not available to the public.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=6 May 2024 \|title=Development and Deployment of ScreenAI \|url=https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/screen_ai/README.md#development-and-deployment \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=GitHub}}</ref>

	==Products==		==Products==

Drakeula: /* References */ incident, not a practice

2025-09-22T04:43:20Z

References: incident, not a practice

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	[[Category:Planned obsolescence]]		[[Category:Planned obsolescence]]

2601:84:8600:1540:BD79:9049:D37C:BE72: /* Google Chromebook Severely Impacted after Google force-installed ScreenAI into the Google Chrome browser (2025) */

2025-08-28T03:55:35Z

Google Chromebook Severely Impacted after Google force-installed ScreenAI into the Google Chrome browser (2025)

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].		This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
	===Google Chromebook ~~Bricked~~ after Google force-installed ScreenAI into the Google Chrome browser (2025)===		===Google Chromebook Severely Impacted after Google force-installed ScreenAI into the Google Chrome browser (2025)===
	There have been reports of Google's ScreenAI being enabled on Chromebooks via the Google Chrome webbrowser by default.'''<ref name="CBrick">{{Cite web \|last=Isaac \|first=Rob \|date=24 Mar 2025 \|title=Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension \|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331115019/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|archive-date=31 Mar 2025 \|via=Hacker News, originally posted on Mastodon}}</ref>'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Gerard \|first=David \|date=29 Mar 2025 \|title=Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down \|url=https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329233052/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|archive-date=29 Mar 2025 \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=Pivot to AI}}</ref> The accessibility tool was put into the [[wikipedia:Chromium_(web_browser)\|Chromium]] project, which provides the foundation for the Google Chrome webbrowsers and other webbrowsers; potentially affecting the majority of webbrowsers that are used.<ref name=":0" />		There have been reports of Google's ScreenAI being enabled on Chromebooks via the Google Chrome webbrowser by default.'''<ref name="CBrick">{{Cite web \|last=Isaac \|first=Rob \|date=24 Mar 2025 \|title=Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension \|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331115019/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 \|archive-date=31 Mar 2025 \|via=Hacker News, originally posted on Mastodon}}</ref>'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Gerard \|first=David \|date=29 Mar 2025 \|title=Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down \|url=https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329233052/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ \|archive-date=29 Mar 2025 \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=Pivot to AI}}</ref> The accessibility tool was put into the [[wikipedia:Chromium_(web_browser)\|Chromium]] project, which provides the foundation for the Google Chrome webbrowsers and other webbrowsers; potentially affecting the majority of webbrowsers that are used.<ref name=":0" />

	Rob Isaac's complaint is that the machine has become hot and that the extra load has essentially made it unusable, while also reducing the battery life ~~severely~~.<ref name="CBrick" /> Chromebook users confirm these complaints on their own machines, and have posted their complaints on the Chromebook help forums.<ref name=":0" /> Other concerns are that the software is invasive, similar to [[Microsoft#Recall\|Microsoft's Recall]] feature, and that the software itself is not transparent; the source code for ScreenAI is developed within Google's internal source code repository google3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=6 May 2024 \|title=Development and Deployment of ScreenAI \|url=https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/screen_ai/README.md#development-and-deployment \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=GitHub}}</ref>		Rob Isaac's complaint is that the machine has become "too hot to touch" and that the extra load has essentially made it unusable, while also reducing the battery life significantly.<ref name="CBrick" /> Chromebook users confirm these complaints on their own machines, and have posted their complaints on the Chromebook help forums.<ref name=":0" /> Other concerns are that the software is invasive, similar to [[Microsoft#Recall\|Microsoft's Recall]] feature, and that the software itself is not transparent; the source code for ScreenAI is developed within Google's internal source code repository google3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=6 May 2024 \|title=Development and Deployment of ScreenAI \|url=https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/screen_ai/README.md#development-and-deployment \|access-date=21 Jun 2025 \|website=GitHub}}</ref>

	==Products==		==Products==

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