Make AI Features Opt-In/Make Disabling AI Features Simple

[Herbburgleman]

Hello,

Today I highlighted some text and clumsily selected a wrong item from the drop down menu, and was disgusted to see I had started some AI slop built into Firefox. I then spent some time trying to figure out how to disable all the AI features that had been added/integrated into Firefox and enabled without my knowledge.

I don't care for AI. I don't want it running on my machine locally. I do not want my browser interacting with external AI without my knowledge. Period. I'm alarmed this crap was enabled without my knowledge or consent.

And if you like using AI, power to you. Similar to a variety of personal choices, I am happy for those who partake. Just don't force it on me. Enabling these features by default and not notifying users adequately is just awful. To me it is clear these features are not wanted or useful because if they were, you would allow users to opt in rather than force this on all users. I'm sure there is a rea$on this stuff gets stealth enabled for all users.

There should, at an absolute bare minimum, be a very clear setting that disables/removes ALL of the AI elements of Firefox. I should NOT have to consult a non-Mozilla guide to find all the dozen or so about:config entries to disable.

Absolutely shameful behavior and disrespectful to users. I expect better from a company presenting a product as a more consumer friendly and privacy-focused alternative to Edge or Chrome. The differences get smaller every update.

[Jon]

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[654743]

+1

Please add a single button that globally disables ALL AI features.

I thought I had turned it all off, then I'm watching a YouTube video, and suddenly out of nowhere an AI summary of the video pops up, obscuring the video...

If you're going to "move fast and break things", give us an option to opt out of it.

I'm on the stable channel for a reason, if I wanted experimental features I'd use the beta.