Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.
We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.
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All AI features will also be opt-in. I think there are some grey areas in what 'opt-in' means to different people (e.g. is a new toolbar button opt-in?), but the kill switch will absolutely remove all that stuff, and never show it in future. That's unambiguous.
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I'm not asking for faith in our direction - the thing I love about the Firefox community is how open, honest, and technical it is.
But I do ask that you don't have the opposite of faith. Like, try not to be determined that we're going to do the wrong thing here.
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I hope we can (re)gain your trust here.
I don't personally work on this stuff, but I'll try hard to answer any questions you have.
And other than that, I'll get back in my lane, and stick to web platform stuff.
- Jake (@jaffathecake)
@firefoxwebdevs It's like Mozilla is a car company and it's advertising a new car with leather in it. Ok, cool but what is it? A berline, a pickup, a SUV? Will I recharge with electricity or fuel? And Mozilla's answer is: "it has leather in it!"
It's… not great.
There have been some hysterical responses to the Mozilla AI announcements, with a number of people instantly swearing off Firefox forever.
Frankly, I'll leave it and see what actually happens. Firefox is too important for the things I do.
They can play around with so-called "AI" a bit, so long as it's truly private, free software and I can completely remove it if I wish (which I probably do).
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To me this is not about AI part. It's about jumping wagons again without clear plan or future. @christophehenry put it best: "to do what?"
Firefox crossed multiple lines in the past especially on the management front (e.g., extravaganza salaries, mass layoffs,...) but this time around, I think perhaps it I should acknowledge my Stockholm Syndrome and jump off this sinking ship. It might not sink, but it for sure doesn't deserve my attention and trust.
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Despite lack of essential features (e.g., changing keyboard shortcuts), relatively slow speed, polluting home folder, outdated UI design (until few years back), community stayed behind #Mozilla, and more specially #Firefox. Look where 1.5 decades of trust and support have got us to. Don't answer me, just be honest with yourself. After 15 years of being in the community, I cannot recall a single instance that user feedback was taken into account.
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I just stumbled upon @ThePrimeagen on this very topic:
Firefox for Web Developers
Christophe Henry
Nicolas Silva
Andrew Wigglesworth
Mehrad 
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