@Myoukitsune wrote:
Adding AI is one mistake. Automatically installing it AND opting me in is the second. Adding it to my right click and - I assume - having the chatbot watch everything I do and say is the third.
I've long been a fan of firefox because it was THE secure, more CPU-light, and "more free" browser compared to Google of Microsoft. Imagine my surprise today when I right click here a page and see some horrible option to "ask an AI chatbot" about a youtube page. Imagine my frustration and anger as I have to dig through three different areas of the settings to find and remove the traces of this supposed on-device AI that's eating CPU and which I couldn't be sure isn't just watching everything I do and feeding it back to the mothership to train the models.
I'll only give props for calling it what it is - a chat bot - but there is literally 0 use case for wanting to right click a page and have an AI try and fail to read it for me and give me actually useful and relevant information. There is no world in which "AI" is ready to give anything accurate. Disclaimers about inaccuracies and articles about AI doing things like promoting suicide and affirming suicidal ideation pop up daily because - it turns out - the less power used and the more time spent chatting the more off-the-rails the "AI" goes.
Horrible, garbage feature that inspired me to come here and complain on a feature page I've never used. It needs to go or it'll join the garbage pile as some other new browser rises from the ashes as Firefox goes the way of NetScape.
I’ve been a loyal Firefox user for many years precisely because it represented something different — a browser that valued privacy, user control, efficiency, and freedom from unnecessary integrations. That’s why I was so disappointed to see an AI chatbot added automatically, enabled by default, and integrated directly into the right-click menu without my consent. Not only does this go against Firefox’s long-standing philosophy of user empowerment and transparency, but it also raises legitimate concerns about privacy, background activity, and CPU usage. I shouldn’t have to dig through multiple settings and hidden menus just to remove something I never asked for. The assumption that every user wants or needs AI in their browser is misguided; many of us prefer to keep our browsing experience fast, clean, and private. I understand the desire to innovate and remain competitive, but AI integrations like this should always be optional — introduced through clear opt-ins, not quietly rolled out to everyone. What once made Firefox special was its trustworthiness and respect for its users’ choices. Please reconsider this approach before it alienates the very community that helped make Firefox thrive in the first place.
