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This confuses me because all the other browsers have integrated AI, so removing it makes little sense. I do think it will eventually move to the OS though and that time can’t come soon enough.
This is one of the reasons I started using Firefox again.
Just make the AI bullshit opt in. I don’t want AI, and I’m not alone on that.
You’re not alone, but you’re in the minority.
Don’t think I’m pro AI in the browser, I’m not. I appreciate some of the ML stuff like translations, but as for the rest, it should be shunted to dedicated apps or the OS.
You can’t just make claim like that, not show any sort of statisticd and expect to believed.
Where are you getting your data?
A minority, based on what?
Telemetry
To quote mine and probably most peoples mothers ‘If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you?’
Depends on what’s at the bottom.
The reality is that if Firefox are the only browser not offering AI, they’ll lose market share. Yes, all the basement dwellers like ourselves will be happy, but then what? Mozilla already kinda fucked itself by ignoring mobile, Chrome holds an estimated 66% market share with 30% of that estimated to be mobile only users. Firefox’s market share is less than 3% in total. They need to garner users, not just appease old ones.
As I said though, I hope that all browsers can remove AI and it can be done at the OS level, so browsers can concentrate on real internet usage issues.
I honestly don’t care if browsers add or remove AI, as long as it’s opt-in and doesn’t cost resources when it’s off.