JamesIs there a neat word for a software update that adds #antifeatures or #enshittification ?
I mean something deliberate and annoying, not simply a regression causing bugs.
Max HeadroomI'm rebuilding #zedless from the ground up. Editing the source code directly made it impossible to keep up with upstream due to the hundreds of merge conflicts I would encounter with every update. Now I'm switching to AST editing with #astgrep and #treesitter.
The patch code is available at https://github.com/zedless-editor/zedless-patches. In its current state, it can build Zed v0.225.10 with reduced telemetry, no auto updates, and some of the proprietary AI integrations removed.
The plan is to get rid of all telemetry and nuisances such as upsell popups, as well as all online functionality that is specifically tied to a particular provider, leaving you with an editor that stays out of your way and doesn't rely on any services you couldn't host yourself.
#texteditors #zed #spyware #antifeatures #foss
The patch code is available at https://github.com/zedless-editor/zedless-patches. In its current state, it can build Zed v0.225.10 with reduced telemetry, no auto updates, and some of the proprietary AI integrations removed.
The plan is to get rid of all telemetry and nuisances such as upsell popups, as well as all online functionality that is specifically tied to a particular provider, leaving you with an editor that stays out of your way and doesn't rely on any services you couldn't host yourself.
#texteditors #zed #spyware #antifeatures #foss
Andreas ☑️Also es tut mir Leid, aber #simplicissimus zeigt hier unfassbar dämliche #antifeatures von #Auto|s, die nicht nur unpraktisch, sondern auch unnötig kompliziert und sogar gefährlich sind.
Das meiste klingt sehr von #BigTech Smartphones inspiriert.
Und ja, wenn man nebenher auf den Verkehr achten muss - äh, sollte - sind "dynamische" Menüs ziemlich s***, haptische und einfache Steuerelemente sind da sehr viel sicherer.
Das dumme Design moderner Autos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH9hRGWgI6Y
Das dumme Design moderner Autos
AnthonyRegarding last boost: "Firefox For Web Developers" is out here urging me to stop using Firefox.
#Mozilla #Firefox #DarkPatterns#antifeatures #AISlop #NoAI #NoAIWebBrowsers #AICruft #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #tech #dev #web
#Mozilla #Firefox #DarkPatterns#antifeatures #AISlop #NoAI #NoAIWebBrowsers #AICruft #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #tech #dev #web
Mozilla's new CEO is all-in on AI regardless of what Firefox users want: https://lwn.net/Articles/1050826/
Third: Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.
He says the word "trust" a whole bunch of times yet intends to turn an otherwise nice web browser into a slop-slinging platform. I don't expect this will work out very well for anyone.
"It will evolve into a modern AI browser" sounds like a threat. Good way to start off on the right foot, new Mozilla CEO (sarcasm).
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AntiFeatures #DarkPatterns #AISlop #firefox #mozilla #NoAI
Third: Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.
He says the word "trust" a whole bunch of times yet intends to turn an otherwise nice web browser into a slop-slinging platform. I don't expect this will work out very well for anyone.
"It will evolve into a modern AI browser" sounds like a threat. Good way to start off on the right foot, new Mozilla CEO (sarcasm).
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AntiFeatures #DarkPatterns #AISlop #firefox #mozilla #NoAI
Based on the answers to this StackOverflow question and this blog post, here are the 16 (!!!) AI-related settings in new versions of Firefox that you'll want to disable/set to false, and that might be turned back on with each update:
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Enter "about:config" in the browser bar and then search for each of these and disable them, turn them off, or set them to false as appropriate.
Depending on which version of Firefox you have you may not have all these configuration options.
Check your smartphone browsers too!
#firefox #mozilla #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #SmartIsSurveillance #tech #dev #web #NoAI #AICruft #antifeatures
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browser.aiwindow.enabled-
browser.ml.chat.enabled-
browser.ml.chat.menu-
browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge-
browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge-
browser.ml.chat.page-
browser.ml.chat.shortcuts-
browser.ml.chat.sidebar-
browser.ml.enable-
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled-
browser.ml.pageAssist.enabled-
browser.ml.smartAssist.enabled-
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled-
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled-
extensions.ml.enabled-
sidebar.notification.badge.aichat Enter "about:config" in the browser bar and then search for each of these and disable them, turn them off, or set them to false as appropriate.
Depending on which version of Firefox you have you may not have all these configuration options.
Check your smartphone browsers too!
#firefox #mozilla #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #SmartIsSurveillance #tech #dev #web #NoAI #AICruft #antifeatures
Owen King"If it were to be put into effect, the developer registration decree will end the F-Droid project and other free/open source app distribution sources as we know them today," said Prud'hommeaux.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/googles_dev_registration_plan_will
Over the last 12 years, F-Droid has been my only source of Android apps I could confidently trust not to be full of antifeatures. This is a big step backwards.
Dave Lane 
🇳🇿This is something we should all be pondering: Big tech has most of my email, because it has *all* of yours: https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-because-it-has-all-of-yours #AntiFeatures #SurveillanceCapitalism
arabiccolaThis is what we call an open-source platform today.
A LICENSE file is not what makes free software. These are just trials and deploybaits.
#opensource #antifeatures #selfhosted #selfhosting #license #clickbait #bait #opencore
C.It's been a long, slow slide, so it's not always obvious how much #Mozilla has abandoned the primacy of the #user's wants over the companies #spying on and #advertising to us.
But I'm pretty sure we passed a #knee in the curve not long ago. How do I know?
Because now, every time I get a "a new version of #Firefox is available, click to #update" dialog, I shudder in dread, and after applying the update I go through the entire preferences/settings to double-check that they haven't added any more user-hostile #antifeatures garbage (cryptocurrency, blockchain, "#privacy-preserving ad #surveillance", "AI", on and on the garbage they've tried cramming into Firefox).
Users shouldn't dread simple #software updates. At least not open-source users.
But here we are.
edit: corrected typo