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Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] dsilverz@calckey.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

@Feyd@programming.dev @technology@lemmy.world

Maybe you got lucky and the routine which triggers said pop-ups didn't happen yet, doesn't mean that "that doesn't happen". Again: Firefox literally mentions pop-ups about "AI enhancement" features, it's not something I'm confabulating:

Block AI enhancements? You won't see new or current AI enhancements in Firefox, or pop-ups about them.

It's ipsis literis from the Firefox opt-out confirmation dialog. They wouldn't mention said pop-ups if they weren't to happen.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'm out. There is no point taking with someone that repeatedly lies to try to support their point. Look, I'm against the majority of LLM usage and implementation as well, and I'd rather most of it not be in firefox as well, but:

  1. You keep making up things firefox does that it doesn't. I'm not even convinced you've used it
  2. You keep talking about UX and dark patterns but you're obviously making it to as you go
  3. Basing conversation on obvious falsehoods is a waste of time
[–] dsilverz@calckey.world 1 points 5 hours ago

@Feyd@programming.dev @technology@lemmy.world

What?! Lying?! It's literally in Firefox official git repo, for Goddess' sake!!

https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/blob/4bc9c2f9b62e7cb44894d581c8171edbf0f7e27f/browser/locales/en-US/browser/preferences/preferences.ftl#L2370C132-L2370C150

(And, oh, as a double-twist, the following screenshot proves I do have Firefox, even though I use Waterfox as my daily driver; here I'm using Firefox because my GitHub account is logged in in there, and to dismantle your ad hominem that "I'm not even convinced you've used it [Firefox]" )

But, you're right, there's no purpose in continuing this debate. Enjoy the new soon-to-be "Agentic Browser" Mozilla FAIrefox!

Sceenshot of GitHub repo mozilla-firefox/firefox featuring part of the source for the file firefox/browser/locales/en-US/browser/preferences/preferences.ftl, with the LOC 2370 centered and the excerpt "or pop-ups about them" highlighted. As a bonus, it's being seen on a Firefox tab.