Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 15 days agoFirefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features9to5linux.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up195cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up195external-linkFirefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features9to5linux.comChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square50fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaretheturtlemoves [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·15 days agoIt’s open-source. You don’t have to trust them.
minus-squareInfamousblt [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·15 days agoI do, because I can’t go read the code and understand it. So I have to trust someone, if not them
minus-squareMizuTama [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·15 days agoAlways funny seeing people say that for open-source stuff.
minus-squarechgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-214 days agoI’m not reading all of that. I know already that they are putting stuff that I don’t want into Firefox. They’ve told me. An opt-out switch is not enough. Mozilla has a history of being unhappy and insisting on their trademark when distros disable unwelcome features.
It’s open-source. You don’t have to trust them.
I do, because I can’t go read the code and understand it. So I have to trust someone, if not them
Always funny seeing people say that for open-source stuff.
I’m not reading all of that. I know already that they are putting stuff that I don’t want into Firefox. They’ve told me.
An opt-out switch is not enough.
Mozilla has a history of being unhappy and insisting on their trademark when distros disable unwelcome features.