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No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog (www.waterfox.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I could not disagree more. a browser is a local piece of software to me that I use to connect to a variety of servers. It having an ai server its communicating with all the time and with access outside the add on system is not something I want. I have looked at and was not put off by other firefox "controversies" but this one is making it where it is not simply a browser anymore. which is what I want.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Well you're in luck because the translation feature is local https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/website-translation

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    this does not make me happier. I can turn it off but if im going to run a local llm I rather do that as its own piece of software. Its funny because I have mentioned I would like to see a linux operating system using a local llm where its acting a bit like the change from text based to gui based operating systems. I don't want every piece of software operating a local llm to do its job or a part of its job on my computer. Its great I can turn it off but I don't want to be downloading an llm model with every piece of software and just turn it off for my browser and my office suite and anything else im running. Its actually worse with the browser that already has taken over so much of the application space as a kind of universal tool.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Bloat is a valid concern but imo a lesser one compared to the potential for centralized data harvesting.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Well the claim is since its being done on your host all good but honestly I don't want it in it. Not just bloat but because it becomes something that is always going to have to keep an eye for if its talking afield. Its getting like windows. Heck I allowed firefox telemetry before but turning it off now.

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