This is a bit disingenuous. People aren't losing their shit about a local model being installed. It's the lack of user autonomy. Just give the option to download a model instead of a silent install. It's not that hard. This is how every other local option works.

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wmf 10 hours ago | parent [-]

AFAIK Apple and MS auto-download local models.

	▲	FridgeSeal 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The former has made a big deal about local inference and marketed that as an OS level feature. You can also…turn it off. Chrome silently elected people into it _and_ downloaded the model without asking because they decided that’s something they (chrome) fancied doing. The difference should be pretty obvious.
	▲	bytecauldron 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Sorry, I should have been more specific. This is how every *good local option works.
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