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Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features. We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this. …
  • Mikina@programming.dev
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    4 days ago

    There really isn’t a reason not to switch to LibreWolf at this point.

    It’s a shame that Mozzila is set on wasting developer time on tools people do not want, and in turn wqsting LibreWolf dev time on removing it.

    Aodopting an opt-out model instead of opt-in is also bullshit. You should do opt-in, measure adoption and THEN maybe consider making it default, if it’s high. It probably won’t be. People who don’t care about what their tech does are already using chrome or edge.

    I’d be also surprised if it didn’t do stuff like re-enabling itself after updates or some shit.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Let’s hope this is true. Doesn’t sound very consistent to me. A “modern AI browser” but with AI disabled. And what’s the killswitch for if it comes with everything disabled and opt-in anyway?

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
      31·
      6 days ago

      And what’s the killswitch for if it comes with everything disabled and opt-in anyway?

      A vain attempt to placate people who are still going to find some reason to complain about AI regardless of what they do.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Ah. There’s the backtracking I was expecting. They keep doing this. Making a feature opt-out instead of opt-in and then backpedalling as soon as the users revolt, offering a “happy medium” to placate us so they can continue to do the same shit over and over again.

    Google does this with chrome too.