"AI kill switch" already exists. It's called "delete firefox"

Our product ships with a dick smashing hammer, but you can disable it if you want

Assuming you trust them that it actually does that, and assuming they don't just push an update that turns it back on later silently

I just got on Firefox because I thought it was better than chrome

Lol they've clearly been getting some push back on the Ai thing, huh?

Consider https://www.waterfox.com/ as an alternative. Anyone who wants a fair and free internet is probably still fucked in the mid-term unless a new FOSS engine falls out of the sky or a bunch of Mozilla devs jump ship with a hard fork because Waterfox is still downstream of Mozilla, using their engine, and reliant on them maintaining code. But Waterfox is not a bad option at present in a sea of terrible options, and it's what I've switched to.

https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/

Waterfox exists because some users want a browser that simply works well at being a browser. The UI is mature - arguably, it has been a solved for problem for years. The customisation features are available and apparent. The focus is on performance and web standards.

In many ways, browsers are operating systems of their own, and a browser’s job is to be a good steward of that environment. AI, in its current form and in my opinion does not match that responsibility.

And yes, yes - disabling features is all well and good, but at the end of the day, if these AI features are black boxes, how are we to keep track of what they actually do? The core browsing experience should be one that fully puts the user in control, not one where you’re constantly monitoring an inscrutable system that claims to be helping you.

Waterfox will not include LLMs. Full stop. At least and most definitely not in their current form or for the foreseeable future.

This shit, and no gecko firefox for ios, is why I dont want a supposed non-profit to have a CEO.

I switched from Firefox because I started to have lots of issues with video playback. My gut tells me that it's google fucking with the competition because every other browser is fine but uses chromium and has tracking.

Anyone else experience anything like that?

what are some good alternatives to Firefox in case this kill switch isn't 100% thorough?

It's really funny seeing people more mad about the opt-out, than when they added AI stuff months ago.

Some of it is actually pretty useful, like the local on-device translation is part of their AI initiative. I don't want to have to depend on Google or other remote servers for translation. I honestly didn't notice any of the other AI features until people started putting articles complaining about it out.

I'm assuming the AI focus is what caused them to pull the "we won't track you harvest your data" statement from the terms of use. I had thought that would push anyone who cared enough to not use one of the bigger browsers to a firefox off shoot but I guess there's still more people to alienate

Anybody used other browsers like NetSurf/w3m/LadyBird/Dillo?

Curious if anybody had any thoughts on them here that is more knowledgeable than me.

"AI Kill Switch" is the most tech CEO shit ever lol

Or maybe they could you know, just not ship this shit. But who am I kidding, the corporation IS GONNA SHIP IT and YOU WILL LIKE IT.

Time for Waterfox I guess

tough shit, too late, already uninstalled

Is this about the clown on Mastodon where I'm still not completely sure it's even a real Mozilla account? Who couldn't guarantee that stuff that is switched off stays switched off?