Unreliable Pot, meet unbelieveable kettle:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/microsoft-copilot-ai-user-choice/
"The Copilot rollout followed the same playbook we've come to expect from Microsoft: use automatic installs, physical hardware, and default settings to force behaviors."
/me points at the existance of an AI kill switch in firefox, instead of an AI enable switch
#DefaultsMatter, because while *some* people are confident enough to fiddle with them, many people are not. And it should not be necessary for them.
Everyone deserves software already configured for #UserNeeds, not some #Feudal master.
Lots of people are enjoying this pithy expression of the problem (not original to me, to be sure).
I'll direct readers to someone who has better words than mine for exploring this evil shift in expectations.
https://soatok.blog/2024/02/27/the-tech-industry-doesnt-understand-consent/
#DefaultsMatter #ConsentIsRequired #DataSovereignty #OwnYourData
Recommended for whom? Do #Mastodon developers think distractions should be on by default?
No, let's not "recommend" auto-play of arbitrary animated images, sent by whoever in the timeline.
Just because it's typical on centralised platforms, doesn't make it a good default for the #Fediverse.
Chrome will automatically connect via HTTPS if available. 🎉
Does #Firefox still only enable this feature by default in private windows? #DefaultsMatter
New installment of #GoogleIsEvil 😖
https://plausible.io/blog/google-floc
Excellent write up by @plausible
"Every website and every Chrome user will be opted into FLoC by default without any say in that choice. That is a decision Google has made for us all."
G👀gle is telling you that you're all their bitch, unless you take specific actions against that. #DefaultsMatter
If you don't want your site/blog/etc to be #GoogleIsSpyware, YOU will have to modify your webserver's configuration 🖕
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