Mastodawn

I'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

GitHub - zedless-editor/zedless-patches: (WIP) Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first

(WIP) Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first - zedless-editor/zedless-patches

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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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Anthony Dec 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

Anthony Dec 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

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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!

All this #Enshittification - #Bloat will only drive up prices cuz #Greedflation is a thing!

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

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Anthony Nov 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

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Owen King Sep 30, 2025

"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, 2025

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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