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Firefox 144 adds profile management... and AI slop search engine
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Perplexity AI Search in Firefox
On desktop, Firefox now includes Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine built into the browser. Perplexity delivers direct, conversational answers to complex questions, helping you get quick summaries, accurate references, or creative inspiration without digging through multiple sources. It’s rolling out worldwide from the address bar via the unified search button.
Again I must go into my 100+ line firefox configuration and remove this shit.
This only applies if you know what every setting in your config does, and you don't use an install script. If you're blindly running a config script or copying a profile, you still need to trust a third party the same amount as you would for a downstream.