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(DIR) Post #B1NCfnnte50XiFibs8 by firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
2025-12-18T12:11:21Z
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Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.…
(DIR) Post #B1NCft1uDQBVv9JMu0 by firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
2025-12-18T12:11:29Z
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All AI features will also be opt-in. I think there are some grey areas in what 'opt-in' means to different people (e.g. is a new toolbar button opt-in?), but the kill switch will absolutely remove all that stuff, and never show it in future. That's unambiguous.…
(DIR) Post #B1NCfyGGlRe4994PU8 by firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
2025-12-18T12:11:37Z
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I'm not asking for faith in our direction - the thing I love about the Firefox community is how open, honest, and technical it is.But I do ask that you don't have the opposite of faith. Like, try not to be determined that we're going to do the wrong thing here.…
(DIR) Post #B1NCg3VLGpfmPLA1Am by firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
2025-12-18T12:12:08Z
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I hope we can (re)gain your trust here.I don't personally work on this stuff, but I'll try hard to answer any questions you have.And other than that, I'll get back in my lane, and stick to web platform stuff.- Jake (@jaffathecake)
(DIR) Post #B1NCg9EXyBnsAzLgpM by firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
2025-12-18T12:16:28Z
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Just be glad this thread wasn't a long-ass video. It almost was.
(DIR) Post #B1NDWEdh7JXC02wrp2 by Stomata@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-18T12:54:56Z
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@firefoxwebdevs what we wanted "Focus on actual browsing experience not not ai".
(DIR) Post #B1NHlnmD9usp8XbuIS by waifu@mai.waifuism.life
2025-12-18T13:41:26.171Z
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@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social what if you just don't put them in?as nobody wants themoh wait it's firefox, you love shooting yourself on the foot
(DIR) Post #B1NJ5vRiSC4AfXBRIW by GummyNerds@noauthority.social
2025-12-18T13:57:27Z
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@firefoxwebdevs I'll believe when I see it.
(DIR) Post #B1NMgD5wc3frh2zeme by BiggusDiccus@poa.st
2025-12-18T14:37:38.681389Z
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@waifuThey believe men can become pregnant women. Don't trust a single word they say. @firefoxwebdevs
(DIR) Post #B1NSZmBGMk4iCwnRGS by piggo@piggo.space
2025-12-18T15:43:27.493199Z
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@firefoxwebdevs Is this a parody account? If it's official why don't you have your own instance?
(DIR) Post #B1NVyrJaiHnrEYLNg0 by npc
2025-12-18T16:21:52.041911Z
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@firefoxwebdevsIMG_0658-web.webp
(DIR) Post #B1NjipDy7LDJTTxkRc by firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
2025-12-18T14:05:00Z
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@jeffska @vp9kf yeah that wasn't a serious comment
(DIR) Post #B1NjiqfejsxHxdvNEu by deutrino@mstdn.io
2025-12-18T18:54:58Z
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@firefoxwebdevs @jeffska @vp9kf not buying it. the fact he was able to put a dollar figure on banning adblockers means it was on the table at some point. trust: incinerated. spent a couple hours researching alternative software last night.
(DIR) Post #B1Nk1TznGkLP8ZEGTw by ddelemeny@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-18T14:09:32Z
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@firefoxwebdevs Will it have a feature flag for distributions to completely get rid of it at compile time ? Because that's how you normally do things "seriously and absolutely". Opt-out and "pinky promise" is BS.
(DIR) Post #B1Nk1VHCVVrX6qNgFk by ddelemeny@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-18T14:24:57Z
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@firefoxwebdevs neither faith nor trust in Mozilla on this. In two successive toots you describe AI features as "opt-in" and "will have an option to disable". That's the kind of incoherent discourse that creates distrust, on top of ignoring completely the massive amount of feedback that said "No, thanks, really, we mean it".
(DIR) Post #B1Nk1WKQb02QN8tlvE by ddelemeny@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-18T14:34:34Z
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@firefoxwebdevs Firefox could have been the foundation of a vibrant ecosystem of browsers, by simply being a good baseline. Instead we have a space dominated by google, limited availability of standards because Fx lags behind and forks that mostly focus on taking out the crap you keep trying to stuff in.Also, where are the voices *against* inside Mozilla ? Why is this showing as an exercise in public relations and damage control rather than an actual debate ?
(DIR) Post #B1Nk1e6tfBy4VUd4wS by ddelemeny@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-18T14:40:04Z
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@firefoxwebdevs And FFS you have an extension platform. Eat your own dogfood for once!
(DIR) Post #B1Nqraa6d0pELURXbU by josh@vickerson.me
2025-12-18T13:37:49Z
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@firefoxwebdevs @jaffathecake it’s hard to believe the “kill switch” will actually do what it says. We’ve been told time and time again “AI” will be “opt-in” just to have the features repeatedly turned back on after users have disabled them.Why is this *any* different?
(DIR) Post #B1O10WajpYsq7SdeJU by kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name
2025-12-18T21:28:30Z
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@firefoxwebdevs yeah how about not adding those AI features in the first place 👀 There are so many other, actually useful aspects of Firefox that could use some love
(DIR) Post #B1O6n0nfJpWZTpcoCm by toddz@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-18T22:52:46Z
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@davidgerard @eldersea @firefoxwebdevs @josh @jaffathecake I don't know what everybody's upset about. All AI features are opt-in only. You have to deliberately opt-in by failing to repeatedly disable several cryptic default settings hidden behind an obscure configuration URL.
(DIR) Post #B1OLO9iOXDEhCblVlA by gabek@social.gabekangas.com
2025-12-19T01:57:04.398988Z
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@firefoxwebdevs What would AI do in a browser anyway? Does it make rendering HTML faster? Thats all a browser should do.
(DIR) Post #B1OqgX1TiFRFHWvxFQ by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2025-12-19T07:48:26Z
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@firefoxwebdevs As an user, I would prefer generation of false answers to be disabled by default (with a switch to enable it for people who want).