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@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

AI Controls (formerly 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.

For the full details, see the Firefox blog https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116002119945073671

Good move. But too little too late, I'm already on LibreWolf.

This is the first time I switched to a different browser as my daily driver since I switched to Firefox 1.0. And I did this specifically because all the shady AI stuff Mozilla keeps insisting on doing.

In the words of Mozilla's CEO:
> Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/

Do not want.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/

Mozilla’s next chapter: Building the world’s most trusted software company

Today, I step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation. It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and buil

Guillotine Jones, Flâneur

@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party replied · 3 days ago

@rysiek
Michal, are there Firefox extensions that are compatible with LibreWolf?
For example, I use the tab management app OneTab, and would like to be able to continue using it -- or an alternative -- should I switch to LibreWolf.
I hope you'll be able to tell me that most addons created for Firefox also work in Librewolf, and I'll be off to the races.
#Browsers #Firefox #LibreWolf

Firefox for Web Developers

@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social replied · 4 days ago

@rysiek Sad to see you go. Fwiw, LibreWolf has translation very similar to Firefox's, which most users consider to be AI.

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@rysiek@mstdn.social replied · 4 days ago

@firefoxwebdevs I assure you I understand this. I am using these translations, and I see them as one of the very few actually useful features of the sort.

But the way everything else related to "AI" is being shoved down users' throats by Mozilla makes me simply not interested in trusting you anymore.

I had moved innumerable people onto Firefox over the years. I was one of the power users that helped make Firefox popular.

And your response to me is, effectively, "sike! LibreWolf also has AI!"?

*_jayrope

@jrp@hub.kliklak.net replied · 4 days ago

@ Firefox for Web Developers Sorry, but i haven't seen any detailed explanation in your update notes, what exactly AI should be good for. Nor did you supply easy ways to just switch it off in the first place. Users have to all communicate existing options between themselves, and in unofficial ways. Just be more transparent on what exactly you need new inventions for. Because users were fine with Firefox at least 10 years ago already.

Firefox for Web Developers

@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social replied · 4 days ago

@jrp translation is valuable for reading parts of the web that aren't in a language you can understand. Tab group naming means you can select a bunch of tabs and the model tries to come up with a decent name. Generated alt text helps improve the accessibility of PDF documents.

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