by LauraMedia
1 subcomments
- Isn't it odd? All those tech CEOs tell us that we won't be able to live in a world without AI, how AI will be within every single app, service or codebase eventually...
And then they constantly try to shove it into their products, with no way to disable it. I'm assuming the user data would show that quite a lot of people would turn it off, so to not ruin your own statistics for the next shareholder/investor meeting, you need to force them
- On LibreWolf 145.0.1-2 those options are still available. I set all to false.
But for these AI options and many others and also not only for Firefox/LibreWolf, you do need to block the connections.
Don't rely on disabling options because most will not respect that.
If Firefox goes this path and break LibreWolf, we need to switch to a decent browser and there are a few, still blocking connections for Google and Mozilla, etc.
If you're not able to block connections with a firewall, at least install a Pi-Hole so you can block ads and custom domains like Google and Mozilla and Fakebook crap.
- Firefox 145 here, just updated to latest this morning.
My about:config settings still disable the stuff. I get no AI Context Menu.
- Surely they're blowing substantial cash on this, right? I'm not sure what sort of cost/benefit analysis is convincing every last tech company to fit the bill for a gimmicky AI add on.
by moxvallix
1 subcomments
- Isn't that context menu the one that is disabled from within the context menu itself? Or have they removed that option?
- If it can't truly be disabled is there a question one could ask AI that is not illegal but would get their IP perma-banned? I have a static IP is why I am asking. Or perhaps domains that could be blocked in Unbound. What irritates AI owners the most?
- You still have the option to disable the AI assistant. You simply need to disable the relevant item in about:config.
Ah...you ask which ones need to be disabled? Find it yourself. You have the right to disable it.
> The Mozilla Manifesto: Principle 9
> Commercial involvement in the development of the internet brings many benefits; a balance between commercial profit and public benefit is critical.
- Has anyone verified if this is just a UI leftover, or if the underlying services are actually still active in the background even when disabled? I've been considering switching to a fork like LibreWolf if Mozilla keeps hard-baking these features into the core.
- Thanks for reminding me to disable this in about:settings. Mozilla is doing everything it can to push me away from Firefox.
by RandomBacon
2 subcomments
- Does any software have a survey for what users want? Instead of immediately pushing AI, they should have pushed a survey where AI was one of the choices/questions.
by devwastaken
1 subcomments
- they also removed the user facing setting to disable ocsp stapling - ocsp stapling leaks domain info. it can only be found in about:config now.
- [flagged]
- [flagged]
Hacker News