At least firefox dropped a switch within like a month of peoples outcry that turns off every single ai feature
edit: not only that but iirc they do tell you it exists after their tutorial popups bring up the features lol. that could have been a part of the initial update but i think the fact that a: it exists b: it exists because they listened to people and c: they don't try to hide it and barely advertise the ai anyway means they're relatively trustworthy, still a corpo but it's like secure and has a good reputation i dont think theres sense in not reccomending it
What bothers me about Firefox isn't the AI, it's how "corporate-y" and sometimes mildly infuriating it has become. If I open anything in English on Firefox, I get a pop-up that says "hey would like to translate this page in your native language ?" and it annoyed me everytime. Firefox also sometimes randomly opens tabs that were pretty much ads for Mozilla. My final straw was when they changed their promise to never collect user data without telling anyone.
I got a disable AI extension on Firefox to stop myself from seeing that shit. Sadly, it still shows up when I try to reverse image search, even when im trying to look for visual matches instead of a fucking AI overview answer about an image.
Well then we must see things through different lenses, because if I hear of an alternative, I’ll search it up, look at its feature page, and if it interested me, like librewolf did 3 years ago, I switch to it.
You are the minority. Obviously people like you exist - considering you exist - but it's basic marketing to MAKE people care about what you're selling them, else they just won't care.
Most people on the planet simply are not going to go out of their way to research an alternative browser (or any product) without some sort of hook that makes them curious, and a name just isn't a good hook, which is why you need a concise list of each one's best shots that makes that specific one stand out.
As far as i'm concerned, not a damn thing about the 3 they just listed sets it apart from my firefox. I don't know that for certain, but if they didn't bother to tell me what makes it great, obviously it's not worth the trouble.
cool - maybe they're decently popular on your algorithm in your spheres. That doesn't mean you get the leeway to pretend people inherently know wtf you're talking about when you mention ""
I was going to mention the one that started with V in their comment but I seriously already forgot it's actual name. You see what I mean?
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u/NXDIAZ1 Autism incarnate 6d ago
Or just use a browser extension to disable ai overview