Google Chrome

United States

4.69★ from 3,886,598 ratings · version 155.0.8059.24 · 32 of the last 92 written reviews are one or two stars

AI features forced on users without consent

3of the 32 read9%

Google is pushing AI aggressively, replacing useful buttons with AI prompts and flooding search results with AI content users cannot opt out of.

read 3 of these reviews

“Changing to AI-optional Platform — I enjoyed chrome until recently when everything I search is now flooded with AI content with no options to opt out. The people do not want AI. Start giving us options. I’m changing to another search engine where I can opt out of AI.” — ★☆☆☆☆“AI obsession — Chrome continues to be plagued by the obsession with trying to force all users to use ai (surely the decision to put the new ai button where the back button was before was a deliberate choice). As someone not interested in giving myself brain damage in exchange for environmental and social destruction, I have no interest in using AI. This update made me turn off auto updates for apps to prevent further…” — ★☆☆☆☆“Gemini Tab Added — I’m giving a one star review as the latest update (August 2026) added a dedicated “Ask Gemini” button to the tab bar. This AI button replaced the previous position of Back and Forward buttons. Specifically because Gemini is being promoted without my permission.” — ★☆☆☆☆

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 32 most recent negative ones. Newest review 23 days ago (07.09.2026), last collected 22 days ago.

Germany

4.58★ from 255,291 ratings · version 155.0.8059.24 · 22 of the last 50 written reviews are one or two stars

Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 22, and the threshold is twelve.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 22 most recent negative ones. Newest review 26 days ago (04.09.2026), last collected 23 days ago.

France

4.56★ from 391,026 ratings · version 155.0.8059.24 · 16 of the last 56 written reviews are one or two stars

Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 16, and the threshold is twelve.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 16 most recent negative ones. Newest review 22 days ago (08.09.2026), last collected 21 days ago.

Britain

4.64★ from 431,457 ratings · version 155.0.8059.24

We have not read this app's reviews yet. Apple rations that feed to about one page per address every ten minutes and refuses datacentre addresses, so the reading is done by hand — the rating above is live, the complaints are not there yet.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 0 most recent negative ones. Newest review never, last collected never.

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