I do not want the dev tools and neither the Extension framework, can I get rid of those? No? Being able to completely disable the features is not enough how? How does the code laying bare on your harddisk get in your way of using FX? They already promised a kill-switch. And you saying it turned on after an update is but an anecdote.
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finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks agoThe problem is that they’re pushing it without any way for those of us who really don’t want that crap to strip it out of the browser. Sure, one can disable it, but I’ve already had some of it reenabled in updates. I don’t want it, and don’t plan on wanting it. At best, these functionalities should be opt-in and presented as addons that can be installed, rather than being a core part of the browser that cannot be removed.
hubobes@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You asked, and I gave my opinion. All this AI bullshit has done and continues to do significant damage to the global economy and ecology, god forbid I have a problem with that or any company contributing to it.
cv_octavio@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Dev tools doesn’t require a data center to run. Your comparison is flawed and suggests an ill-informed opinion about this topic.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I feel like you’re just here to piss into the wind.
Do you hear people screaming to disable the extension frame work or devtools?
No?
If you don’t want those features you can compile your own version of Firefox and remove them.
But lots of people are anti-AI. And there are people willing to provide a browser that keeps it out.
If you want it, have at it. But don’t piss on people just because they don’t.
artyom@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
It is opt in. Or will be. And they’re adding an AI switch.
Not disagreeing with you, just adding context.
The bigger problem is that they’re wasting their finite resources on this crap instead of adding actually cool features like their forks are doing.
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
They keep saying their ai features will be opt-in, and yet everything they’ve rolled out so far is opt-out. I struggle to believe future ‘features’ will be any different. Maybe it’s opt-in in the sense that I don’t have to click whichever button activates it, like whatever they added to the context menu, but that’s not really what opt-in means and degrades my trust in Mozilla.
I’m also frustrated by their seeming inability to focus on their core browser product and building a popular competitor to chromium browsers instead of going off on side quests.
hummingbird@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You should add a maybe. The will try to push it. You can’t do that with an off by default feature.
risottobias@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
It isn’t, it’s been silently reenabled each update