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@lowercase.name

also, firefox updates routinely un-flip the kill switch, without your consent, so that mozilla can try pushing a.i. garbage on you again, something people regularly complain about this makes any numbers mozilla provides inherently untrustworthy

Steve Farrugia@fasterandworse.com

> ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. And it's being partially used by just 3% to turn off some AI features in the browser. THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS OPT-OUT! www.cnet.com/tech/service...

cnet.comMozilla's CEO Knows You May Not Want AI in FirefoxCNET talked to the browser maker's new boss about privacy, choice and his vision for keeping the internet open and fair.
j
@lowercase.name

if you want to "prove" that people want a.i. you give them one opt-in prompt, with a clearly labeled option that lets them choose not to. no random sparkle emojis on the ui to accidentally click on. no "reminders". no dark patterns. and the moment they say no, that prompt doesn't appear again

j
@lowercase.name

but you can't do that, can you? and we both know exactly why you can't, don't we

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