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@niavy Agreed.

@amcjen Indeed.

@ploum I could fine only one comment mostly in favor, plus 6 kudos so far for the original post. Which, given the rest of the feedback, backs your point.

@mina Spot on.

@mikro2nd They could at least spare us the patronizing.

@phf I sign in with the same Mozilla ID I use for syncing Firefox but yes, it's infuriating.

@Kroc Which is technically correct as they do hear the loud feedback.

@Npars01

@Npars01 I suspect Mozilla's leadership will interpret the feddback as "Absolutely yes!" and "Go ahead!".

Mozilla is soliciting feedback on AI in Firefox and the community is delivering.

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/building-ai-the-firefox-way-shaping-what-s-next-together/td-p/109922

#ai #firefox #mozilla

@haitchfive Absolutely, the best Christmas present ever.

@the_wub Really interesting indeed.

RE: https://oldbytes.space/@amoroso/115502489433158577

The light theme seems more popular than I expected. I use the light theme too but, when cataract came knocking last year, I learned the hard way the importance of the dark theme.

https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/the-faded-world-my-experience-with-cataract

#LightTheme #DarkTheme #cataract #WebDesign #accessibility

@Razemix Yes, I turned off a bunch of those. I recently came across a complete list of such settings in a GitHub repo but can't find it anymore.

@lproven @theregister

@thomastospace I also turn off AI features. But, given Mozilla's trend, at some point they may join the Big Tech bandwagon and ship such features with no options for turning them off.

@lproven @theregister

@AmenZwa I thought @arclight might be interested in this conversation.

@vnikolov @screwlisp

@Razemix Yes, I've just removed it and the Perplexity search provider is indeed trivial to find and disable in the main Firefox settings. I misunderstood your previous post and thought you were meaning other AI features.

@lproven @theregister

@Razemix It's moderately easy despite the moving target as the about:config entries may change. But to call it trivial I'd prefer actual options in the settings along with all the others.

@lproven @theregister

@stepheneb Yes that's handy.

@lproven @theregister

@kaasbaas Likewise. But Mozilla spins these AI features as something the community is eager to use, so I'm wondering.

@lproven @theregister

@lproven I wonder whether I live in a bubble where many Firefox users are mad at Mozilla for schmoozing with Big Tech and forcing more and more AI in the product. But maybe the majority of Firefox users out in the real world don't mind or don't care about these features.

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