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I know you don’t want them to want AI, but… (www.anildash.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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[–] 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It's simple... Don't want it, don't use it. There, problem solved! Now get over it...

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    This could have been an extension downloaded by only the people who want it and no one would have complained. Nothing like developing a full featured extension system and promptly not using it for a feature they know for a fact people have very polarized opinions about. What is it called when software ships with random shit nobody wanted or asked for and can't be removed? Oh right! Bloatware!

    "Oh just disable it" yeah just like the Android apps that came with my phone which have disable instead of uninstall in settings. A nice big middle finger to the user that makes it clear they don't want them in control of their own devices.

    If I wanted an "AI browser" or a browser with every feature under the sun related to web browsing or not, I'd be using Edge. Nobody is choosing Firefox because they want the same experience as a big tech corporate browser, they'd choose an actual big tech corporate browser in that case.

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  • [–] -3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You clearly doesn't know what bloatware is. But I guess you'd like a CLI-interface, to browse the web... You can get that, but you wouldn't like it much.

    Why disable it, when you don't have to use it? It's not critical in any way.

    You seem like a swell guy, that likes to complain about every little thing you don't like... I bet you don't even donate some money to Firefox, but only expect them to provide you with free software that you can removed about...

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I do disable it. And then they add something else and I disable that, and they add something else and Idisable that, and they add something else and I search the settings and I disable whatever got re-enabled.

    Maybe you can understand why this is frustrating to people.

    At the bare minimum, there should be a pop-up saying "do you want to enable the AI sidebar feature" or whatever where people can click yes or no.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    Suggest it, don't whine about it. There are tons of features/possibilities that I bet you never use, and that you don't turn of. If you really believe that free software, that you don't even support or contribute to, should listen to your complaints, then my friend, you are delusional.

    I really can't understand why it's frustrating to get a free app/browser, that cares about internet freedom, not being spied upon and so forth, just because you get the ability to use AI, that many people demand today.

    I don't really use AI, but I really don't whine about it being there. I don't care, I don't notice... Take a deep breath, and enjoy your free software, from a company that cares about all it's users... And if that's not enough, submit a suggestion, donate some money to help it evolve faster...

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