18-10-2026 06:26 AM
Just HAD to jump on the bandwagon, and just HAD to force it on us by default, and just HAD to force it even on those on the ESR channel too.
AI is interesting, but it's nothing more, if you want the result to be anything resembling quality.
Congratulations, you're now on the road to making Firefox into AI Slop.
Thankfully, there are alternative versions that remove this nonsense.
18-10-2026 08:09 AM
You can either use one of the alternatives (aka "forks") you mentioned, or Vivaldi have also committed to not adding AI to their browser (Brave, Chrome, Edge, Opera all already have it; Safari I'd assume some Apple Intelligence integration).