Post #71017

2025-12-16 21:36 UTC

WE. DON’T. WANT. THIS. Mozilla, for the love of god, stop cramming AI into the browser when the vast majority of your users just want a privacy-respecting browser that works. I’ve said it before, and I’ve said it again: I will not donate any more money to the Mozilla foundation until they stop cramming AI into everything, and you should too.

Replies (5)

@goatinspace@feddit.org 2025-12-16 21:40

They might be getting money from google that tells them what to do.

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@korendian@lemmy.zip 2025-12-16 23:53

You should actually read their statements, rather than a headline from an article with a clear agenda. They are making these features optional and unobtrusive. blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-window/

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@TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2025-12-17 02:51

Is “the vast majority of your users” your display name or something? I have those turned off in my client settings

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@friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2025-12-17 12:30

you can sign up to receive updates on our AI Window and be among the first to try it and give us feedback. I wonder if we all sign up and tell them we don’t want it if they would actually listen.

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@Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2025-12-17 12:57

Read what the new CEO says, and it doesn’t seem as bad. In the interview, he states that they’ll be adding AI with options, and since they’re not beholden to any one company, the user can choose what is best for them. My guess: A sidebar chat you can disable, which allows you to pick your provider, and an about:config that let’s you customize the URL for local AI. Would I rather time be devoted elsewhere? Yes. Would this be horrible? Nah. That being said, I could be totally wrong.

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