Quincy ⁂Sep 10, 2025

"You can turn off this AI feature" is a big, fat lie, #mozilla (and everyone else who spreads that lie).

Because as a consumer, I bloody well can't and you know that!

I mean, I can and will turn it off in my installation, but meanwhile you'll *still* be destroying society with it.

You'll still be pushing "AI" narratives.

You'll still be perpetrating epistemic vandalism by reinforcing the lie that "AI" can "summarize".

Show threadQuincy ⁂Oct 19, 2025

damn, must remember not to update #firefox

(semi-serious)

Show thread🏳️‍🌈 sillyposturr :3 🏳️‍🌈Oct 19, 2025

@quincy Maybe you should take a look at LibreWolf. I can recommend it as a more trustworthy Firefox-based alternative. It's tuned to privacy by default and removes all of the AI nonsense (while keeping offline translations). There is also IronFox for Android, which is similar (though I still need Vanadium for some things).

I've been using these three browsers for quite some time now and haven't been disappointed. Firefox itself is no longer installed on any of my devices.

Show threadLisa Lorenzin KR4LFE (she/her)
@evur you mentioned using Ironfox on Android - is it less of a battery hog than Firefox? I'm at the point that I'd like to switch but am hoping for a solution that sucks less both on privacy *and* battery consumption...
Nov 17 at 1:22pmWeb
Show thread🏳️‍🌈 sillyposturr :3 🏳️‍🌈Nov 17
@llorenzin I can't really say anything about battery consumption, as I haven't tracked any of the apps and don't use my phone that much. My decision was based on trustworthiness, privacy, content blocking and not supporting Chromium adoption.
Show threadLisa Lorenzin KR4LFE (she/her)Nov 17
@evur thanks! All of those factors are important to me, too. I'm just hoping for a little extra bonus in battery life... :)