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AI controls is coming to Firefox (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Starting with Firefox 148, which rolls out on Feb. 24, you’ll find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings. It provides a single place to block current and future generative AI features in Firefox.

They actually listened to the community, thats very nice.

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[-] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol -1 points 2 weeks ago

Let's pull some obvious ones from the feature list!

  • Include only privacy respecting search engines like DuckDuckGo and Searx.
  • Always force user interaction when deciding the download location of a file
  • Disable autoplay of media.
  • Disable search suggestions and ads in the urlbar.
  • Disable Firefox Sync, unless explicitly enabled by the user.

For some other ones:

  • Logs you out of everything every time you close the browser.
  • If memory serves, it letterboxes by default. If it doesn't, ignore this line, I haven't used it in a while.

I'm not saying I don't like these features. I do. I only accept login cookies from services I host myself.

Most people will see that as an extreme annoyance the first time it happens, close the browser, uninstall it, and never try another Firefox fork again.

Most people care enough about privacy to want convenient ways to increase it. Most people do not care enough about privacy to have to log into Facebook every single time they restart their browser.

All of these are disableable, very few people will even bother looking into how to disable them. They will stop using the browser.

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

You listed a lot of very interesting features and probably convinced me to install it and give it a try, thanks, but again, what faults?

[-] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 1 points 2 weeks ago

These are faults for most people. They're benefits to some! Myself included! I use an even more strict browser for most websites. I am not most people, neither are you. Most of the people I know, and most of the people I interact with, would uninstall that within 5 days because it's missing features that have been standard in web browsers for at least a decade.

[-] XLE@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Most website-breaking features can be re-enabled in the Settings menu, in a special Librewolf section

[-] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 1 points 2 weeks ago

Most people will see that as an extreme annoyance the first time it happens, close the browser, uninstall it, and never try another Firefox fork again.

I need FOSS people to understand that most people will not do that.

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