Spyke
jjjalljs
ttrpg.network

I don't want AI in my browser. I've been a consistent Firefox user for years but this might make me switch to a fork.

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sprackreply
lemmy.world

Under about:config, browser.tabs.groups.smart you can disable it.

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jjjalljsreply
ttrpg.network

Thanks for reminding me to do this.

I don't really want to have to keep checking the release notes for new AI bullshit, though.

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Tanohreply
lemmy.world

....for now.

That is the standard playbook:

  • Introduce unpopular feature
  • Defend it by saying there is an option in preferences to disable it
  • Later hide the option in some obscure config instead
  • Finally, remove the option to disable it
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relativestrangerreply
feddit.nl

there used to be a more accessible toggle in settings for that. why tf would they take that out?

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Oisteinkreply
feddit.nl

To keep most users from disabling it. Just like why the don’t make it opt in.

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remonreply
ani.social

Also everything that starts with "browser.ml.chat".

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HubertMannereply
piefed.social

it was enabled for me and I just took it off. I ever enabled it so it must be default to have it on.

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Vincentreply
feddit.nl

If by "enabled" you mean you saw a button "Suggest more of my tabs", then I believe that is present by default, but I believe it only downloads the model when you actually press that button for the first time. At least it did for me.

It's possible that I'm misunderstanding what it does otherwise though. Still, does not appear to have been the cause of this particular issue.

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HubertMannereply
piefed.social

nope. literally says "Use AI to suggest tabs and a name for tab groups" and the slider was activated and I flipped it to off. Never saw a download but when it updates firefox either has to be closed or it restarts.

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Vincentreply
feddit.nl

Weird, I don't even see a slider! Perhaps we're in different testing groups or something.

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HubertMannereply
piefed.social

im on linux and using what I think is bog standard firefox with a few addons.

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Vincentreply
feddit.nl

Same! But I think people are just randomly sorted in buckets to see how some experiments land.

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mariu5
ruhr.social

@[email protected] what is mozilla supposed to do? Inferencing is resource intensive by nature. Doing this in the cloud and users would complain about privacy. Not doing it at all and users would complain about Firefox feeling old and complicated

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scytale
piefed.zip

Yeah it's been incredibly slow in macOS and Linux. Bitwarden has also been slow but I'm not sure if it's FF that's causing it. It's slowly becoming a bloated mess.

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darcmage
lemmy.dbzer0.com

I didn't realize it was out. I'm guessing it's a phased rollout with windows users being first in the test group? None of my linux machines have it enabled by default.

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Richardus
masto.ai

@[email protected] Thankls, not noticed AI sneaked in. because i have the sidebar removed. AI and other sidebar stuff disabled in settings. And.. remove doffcourse that useless annoying sidebar again.

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