Since you posted this last, Google did the dirty and U2'ed Gemini into chrome without user's permission.https://www.pcmag.com/news/chrome-is-quietly-downloading-4gb-ai-model-without-your-permissionSo, "positioning and walled garden" rather than "for the good of all man kind" seems to be the play here. ICBW and YMMV.
Since you posted this last, Google did the dirty and U2'ed Gemini into chrome without user's permission.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/chrome-is-quietly-downloading-4gb-ai-model-without-your-permission
So, "positioning and walled garden" rather than "for the good of all man kind" seems to be the play here. ICBW and YMMV.