Andreas ☑️Dec 27

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

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AnthonyDec 19
Regarding 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
AnthonyDec 17
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
Mozilla gets a new CEO: Anthony Enzor-DeMeo

Mozilla has announced a new CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo. Prior to becoming CEO, Enzor-DeMeo was ge [...]

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Kevin Karhan Nov 23

Can someone please #ExplainToMeLikeIm5 WHY THE FUCK DOES A #CHARGER NEED "#Cloud" and "#AI" 'features' or a shitty, non-self adjusting #Clock ???

  • Worse even: This isn't like some fancy "Lab Equipment" to do custom charge voltage and amperage curves or something where said settings may come in handy (Like needing to charge or discharge a custom cell / battery pack design/chemistry), but it's just a giant #GaN #USB #PowerDelivery block, so there is no reason to shove an #LCD (or even #OLED) into that case to begin with!

THIS IS NOT A "BENCHTOP POWER SUPPLY" WITH DIALS AND KNOBS!

#Bloatware #WTF #ProductDesign #HardwareDesign #Commentary #tech #technology #Anker #Prime #AnkerPrime250W #AnkerPrime #AntiFeatures #AntiFeature #Hardware #Charging #USBcharger #USBc #USBpd

Show threadAnthonyNov 22
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:

- 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
How to disable all the AI features in Firefox to increase performance?

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Owen KingSep 30

"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.

#FDroid #antifeatures #Android #Google #FOSS

Google's dev registration plan 'will end the F-Droid project'

: Open source Android app store cannot exist if Google's plans go ahead, says F-Droid board member

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Dave Lane  🇳🇿Sep 21
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
Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours

Republished by Slate. Translations available in French (Français), Spanish (Español), Chinese (中文) For almost 15 years, I have run my own email server which I use for all of my non-work corresponde…

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arabiccolaMay 25, 2025

This 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

Show threadKevin Karhan May 9, 2025

@mike805 @AAKL @joeo10 rather, #Mozilla chose to shove #AntiFeatures at people.

Show threadKevin Karhan Jan 16, 2025

@malwarejake +9001%

Same.with any #AntiFeatures and #AmtiPrivacy - #Enshittification!

#ConsentIsEverything apples espechally with #privacy and #data...