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Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
I usually won't follow accounts that mostly just boost posts.
A writer living in the Mid West of Ireland.
Formerly an Electronics Engineer with expertise in RF, programming and IT.
Publisher: https://www.corvidspress.com/
Previously: Historians.socal – Joined Jan 21, 2023
Joined: 2026-02-03 02:45:00
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Reply to @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 04:31:03)
@firefoxwebdevs @plwt
What Vivaldi says or does is irrelevant.
Mozilla did a stupid survey that didn't actually ask if people wanted AI or ML at all.
Most people just want a browser. No need for an AI off switch as there is no reason to have ANY ML or AI of ANY kind in the first place.
Mozilla by any sane metric has been making Thunderbird and Firefox worse for years. I used them practically from release on XP till 2016.
I used Waterfox with Classic Theme restorer for a while after GUI bork.
Reply to @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 04:21:29)
@firefoxwebdevs @plwt
I've not used Vivaldi since last year:
https://www.qwant.com/?q=Vivaldi+AI&client=plgn-firefox-sb&t=web
They claim to not have AI.
I use copy / paste to https://libretranslate.com/ if I need translation.
There is no Cloud. Only other people's servers!
Reply to @plwt@mstdn.social
Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 04:02:04)
@plwt @firefoxwebdevs
The word "happily" is out of context.
I have used Chrome (Android/ChromeOS)_, Edge (windows), IE (various cursed versions on Windows) and Safari (Apple Things) to "browse the web" and get a different browser such as Firefox, seamonkey, Vivaldi, Waterfox, Chromium and others.
I'd be on Vivaldi if about:config didn't exist. The only reason I'm not is more flexible script blocking on Firefox to suit TheGuardian web news.
Reply to @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 02:48:48)
@firefoxwebdevs
You are missing the point!
The features should not exist! So then no need for a master switch in the main settings.
Firefox has got so broken it needs loads of settings changed in About.config and even then is LESS USEABLE than 10 or 15 years ago.
I've been using Websites since 1994. Mosaic, Netscape, Firefox.
Of course I've used most of the others.
Reply to @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social
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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