Comment on Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux

• Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The issue is that there aren’t many of us Firefox users left, so asking us while FF wants to get NEW users to expand the market share (which is badly needed, so they do not lose their seat at the table regarding web standards, and to make them less dependent on googles payments) is not helpful at all.

  As long as i can switch it off with one click, i couldn’t care less and will continue using FF, but as you can see many existing users will bitch and moan even if it’s just one click.

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  • Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    so asking us while FF wants to get NEW users

    This is a balancing act and Mozilla behaves like an elefant in a porcelain shop right now. Worst case they loose their current users without attracting new ones.

    existing users will bitch and moan even if it’s just one click

    I’m one of them. Why not make it one click for people who want it instead?

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    • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Worst case they loose their current users without attracting new ones.

      And where to?

      Ladybird, Servo and Floorp are all not useable as a daily driver and will take years to get there (and btw, the ladybird guy is a major shithead and last i heard of Servo was that they were going to cater to the embedded market, not a full blown browser).

      Firefox forks can do what they want, even switch off the AI button, but i’d still say they help keeping the browser engine itself afloat, because they still depend on Firefox - there’s not one fork with enough dev staff to keep up. That leaves us with chromium based browsers and safari. I’d say the commitment to the current userbase to make the changes optional is good enough to keep most of them.

      I ’m one of them. Why not make it one click for people who want it instead?

      I’d put current Firefox users much more in the department of “able to find the settings” than the vast majority of users. The majority wants something that works with everything they throw at it out of the box without rummaging through settings.

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      • Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        And where to?

        If both noteworthy browser engines are made by companies who make decisions against their user’s interest I might as well switch to the one with higher development budget.

        The majority wants something that works with everything they throw at it out of the box without rummaging through settings.

        And where does AI come into play here? It’s not like a browser without AI doesn’t work.

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