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uBlock Origin works best on Firefox (github.com)
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[–] 44 points 1 month ago (20 children)

Firefox better stop with pushing AI and features that no one wants.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 month ago (10 children)

    All of the AI functions can be disabled with a single checkbox.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    Still rather they spend the resources they spend on AI elsewhere.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    And the ai be opt-in in the first place. I guess they know no one would enable it otherwise.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I maintain that AI features should have been an optional extension, not a mandatory baked-in feature that could have been accomplished with one.

    Especially because Mozilla isn't just devoting developer time to it, they have been pushing whole feature updates to these "optional" components inside bugfix releases

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    Seriously, like, I have a Mozilla account for syncing but holy fuck it only syncs bookmarks. I have to fucking reconfigure every goddamn setting ever time I reinstall my OS or change laptops. It would be so goddamn easy to just send some fucking JSON to a server somewhere but no, they're coming up with new logos and mascots and AI bullshit. It's 2026 and I can't sync my settings.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I was getting annoyed when they had a brief period where it seemed like every new feature was AI-related but they’ve calmed down on it a bit, thankfully. Just flip the no-AI toggle and still enjoy everything else they’ve done lately, like better HDR support, YouTube improvements, pdf tools, vertical tabs, containers, etc.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    I mean you can just turn it off including future ones, no?

    And sadly, as much as I wish this weren't true, my 70y old mum I talked into Firefox does kinda make good use both of the translate feature and interestingly of the summarize. With age, she noticed she struggles with long texts, so she has the browser summarize it, checks whether it is what she actually wants to read, then later makes time to read it slowly with breaks.

    That's just 1 user, I know. Still, it gave me pause. I didn't think summarize in particular had a real use case.

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