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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:04:39)
AI Controls (formally 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.
For the full details, see the Firefox blog https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/
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Michele Adduci@madduci@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:25:36)
@firefoxwebdevs please, set the block as active by default and only set AI features as "opt-in"
Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 02:41:37)
@firefoxwebdevs
And WHY were these "True" by default?
Why once even re-enabled?
Mozilla isn't trustworthy.
The so-called ML is an invasion of privacy and a waste of computing resource.
Go back to a Classic Firefox that's ONLY a browser and repects OS GUI look & feel instead of copying Google.
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Mike Taylor 🦕@mike@sauropods.win (2026-02-03 02:44:02)
@firefoxwebdevs "AI is changing the web, and people want very different things from it. We’ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI. We’ve also heard from others who want AI tools that are genuinely useful."
Have you? Because I've literally only heard the former. See e.g. virtually every one of the 966 comments on https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/building-ai-the-firefox-way-shaping-what-s-next-together/td-p/109922
Stanislas Signoud@Signez@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:01:46)
@firefoxwebdevs That's awesome, but honestly that feature should have landed months ago. It's sad that it took so long to deliver such a 'simple' feature — it eroded trust needlessly :(
I understand it's hard to ship stuff, but we are talking about a toggle in preferences, so it was really frustrating not to see this shipped earlier.
Also, is that 'scare screen' really necessary? It's the same kind of trick we're always complaining about with FAANG products…
ar_do@ar_do@mstdn.social (2026-02-03 03:08:11)
@firefoxwebdevs that being said, I actually love having local translation built into thr browser. It seems like the perfect use case for small language models that can be run on most laptops / desktop pcs today. Don't see a need to have the default setting to be off for that
mgeins@mgeins@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:17:35)
@firefoxwebdevs what's about mozconfig.cfg build option?
grez from andromeda@oay@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:29:50)
@firefoxwebdevs the tiny minority of people who choose to use firefox at all dont want AI. it should be off by default if its being shoehorned in anyway, but since mozilla doesnt care the least they could do is not neuter the name.
"kill switch" bites, "AI controls" licks
mausmalone@mausmalone@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:43:05)
@firefoxwebdevs Do you know if there will be a popup to let users know when it launches? (Like a product tour "what's new" type of thing?)
Jacen@thejacenallen@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:48:45)
@firefoxwebdevs boooo. AI shouldnt even be in the browser. Thats what the people told you.
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦@blogdiva@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:06:14)
đź—ŁNOBODY ASKED FOR THIS AI BULLSHIT!!!
you’re traitors to the open web cause. this should have been an extension, not a complete integration in the browser.
@firefoxwebdevs
Kitty Jynx@kittyjynx@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:16:29)
@firefoxwebdevs AI crap like this has driven me back to using Lynx in the terminal for most of my browsing until I can find a browser not infected with Google, Apple, and now Firefox code. If I do need a graphic web browser I just us IronWolf and don't log into your account. I used to be a huge evangelist for your browser and other tools but no more. We have told you we don't want this, we want to support you and tell our friends to use you yet you make it impossible. For "Bob"'s sake LISTEN
Viral Obscurity@viralobscurity@mstdn.social (2026-02-03 06:47:39)
@firefoxwebdevs I'll be switching remaining friends and family members over to Librewolf and/or Vivaldi before this update drops
AI in the browser is a disaster waiting to happen and it's sad to see Mozilla think so little of its users opinions
Oberst Enzian@oberstenzian@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 07:06:01)
@firefoxwebdevs Sounds great. Fuck your browser.
Jakub Klawiter :mastodon:@wariat@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 07:12:34)
@firefoxwebdevs
Better late than even later… thank you!
Ernesto Acosta 🗯️@iam@ernestoacosta.org (2026-02-03 07:29:30)
@firefoxwebdevs @alternativeto Nope, thanks.
Garret :bongoCat:@garretble@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 09:05:12)
@firefoxwebdevs “Block AI Enhancements” should be checked by default, ya ding dongs.
mcSlibinas@mcSlibinas@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 12:47:09)
@firefoxwebdevs please make separate version without any AI, without translate (made by monolinguals) and call it betterfox. It will have succes! Also less code - less bugs, less mistakes and less vulnerabilities.
Less work - more output!
Daniël Franke :panheart:@ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu (2026-02-03 15:16:26)
@firefoxwebdevs Nice, happy that that’s finally in there, although the flow is a bit obnoxious, I’ve seen less aggressive warnings on actions that permanently delete data, so putting it on a switch that can easily be turned back on still makes it feel that you want people to use it way too much.
Imagine getting a similar warning when turning off any other feature…
ada@ada@beige.party (2026-02-03 17:02:48)
@firefoxwebdevs is 147 considered heavy-weighted (without the kill-switch)? Sometimes I need a lightweight Firefox to run on older androids and as usual as AI is I would rather give features up for performance.
As it stands right now 147 struggle to open tab lists.