Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features
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Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features
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Re: Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features
#2Why not make them disabled by default, with the option to turn them on?
Re: Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features
#3Why not make them disabled by default , with the option to turn them on?
Because money! Seriously that's the answer to most of these questions.
Re: Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features
#4Yeah the option is called Waterfox, Palemoon, or even Vivaldi.
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#5I hope Zen disables this by default, or completely removes it if that’s an option.
Re: Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features
#6This feels less like an “anti-AI” stance and more like a trust and control issue.
For browsers especially, users have very different threat models and performance expectations, and “always on” AI features blur that line quickly.
An explicit opt-out makes sense, but I wonder if the more important question is whether these features can be implemented in a way that’s truly local and auditable.
If users can’t clearly understand where data goes and what runs on-device, toggles become a necessary safety valve rather than a preference.
Re: Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features
#7This feels less like an “anti-AI” stance and more like a trust and control issue. For browsers especially, users have very different threat models and performance expectations, and “always on” AI features blur that line quickly. An explicit opt-out makes sense, but I wonder if the more important question is whether these features can be implemented in a way that’s truly local and auditable. If users can’t clearly und…
I haven't paid close attention, but as far as I can tell, Mozilla has mostly invested in local AI for tasks such as translation, summarization, and organization. As long as that's the case, I don't see any particular safety or privacy risks; if it works without an Internet connection, it's probably OK.
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#8Mullvad browser doesn't have an option to disable all AI features because it doesn't have any.
(The Mullvad guys took Tor browser for its resistance to fingerprinting and removed the connection the Tor network. You don't need Mullvad VPN to use the browser)
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#9Of all the AI features added recently, local translations is one that I would be OK with being enabled by default. It's useful, and its value proposition is much less dubious.
Re: Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features
#10Why not make them disabled by default , with the option to turn them on?
Because money! Seriously that's the answer to most of these questions.
Is there a business model behind actually making profit off this stuff yet? Last I looked, Mozilla is still making almost all their money from Google.