<![CDATA[&gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely.]]>> ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. And it's being partially used by just 3% to turn off some AI features in the browser.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS OPT-OUT!

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mozillas-ceo-knows-you-might-not-want-ai-in-firefox/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/135643c5-d0c2-4cb5-87a2-038a005840bf/gt-...the-ai-kill-switch-...-has-been-flipped-by-just-1-of-firefox-users-to-turn-off-ai-completely.RSS for NodeMon, 22 Jun 2026 10:38:35 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2026 15:05:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:27:22 GMT]]>@fasterandworse also lot of the people opting out probably already opted out of telemetry (I did the day they pushed that crap about Mr Robot, years ago)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/hub/statuses/116778889525377962https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/hub/statuses/116778889525377962Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:27:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:23:53 GMT]]>@fasterandworse

Fuck google owned firefox slave to techbros.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kevinrns/statuses/116778639910616750https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kevinrns/statuses/116778639910616750Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:23:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:04:34 GMT]]>@emenel

yeah, like me
I'm also someone who always opts out of telemetry

@fasterandworse

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polyglot.city/users/zombiecide/statuses/116778563951078475https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polyglot.city/users/zombiecide/statuses/116778563951078475Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:04:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:02:18 GMT]]>@fasterandworse also, the people who are more educated on technology and despise this abusive & offensive tech more will generally have telemetry disabled

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snug.moe/notes/anox66mvjf71eu7yhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snug.moe/notes/anox66mvjf71eu7yFri, 19 Jun 2026 20:02:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:23:48 GMT]]>@resuna good spot

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/116778403669410923https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/116778403669410923Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:23:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:22:26 GMT]]>@fasterandworse

"The AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely."

that's because they are conflating generative AI chatbots (which nobody wants) with translation software and not counting people who left the translation software on to support their claim that people want generative chatbots.

I said this was a con when they did it. Well, what do you know, it's a con.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/resuna/statuses/116778398266400585https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/resuna/statuses/116778398266400585Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:22:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:24:33 GMT]]>@fasterandworse To all the homies who predicted that Mozilla was gonna use the kill-switch to gin up stats about how popular their AI features are…pat yourselves on the back.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://union.place/users/angry_drunk/statuses/116778170682356691https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://union.place/users/angry_drunk/statuses/116778170682356691Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:24:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:09:12 GMT]]>@fasterandworse I didn't hit the AI kill switch on my Firefox because I kill switched the whole ass browser into something else. Where is that data from how many users they're losing, huh?]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://outerheaven.club/objects/eec30753-1b46-4a39-853c-b5fe211b094ehttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://outerheaven.club/objects/eec30753-1b46-4a39-853c-b5fe211b094eFri, 19 Jun 2026 15:09:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:02:58 GMT]]>@fasterandworse No mention that I could see of users who've switched to e.g. Waterfox, either.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/116777378007506313https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/116777378007506313Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:02:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:49:40 GMT]]>@fasterandworse
I would assume that there is also a fair bit of overlap between people who turn off slop machines but also telemetry (especially when dealing witha well-known bad actor)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/redsakana/statuses/116777325748292339https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/redsakana/statuses/116777325748292339Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:49:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:38:34 GMT]]>@womble @fasterandworse I would be genuinely interested to see the percentage of people who have never opened the settings in Firefox. I imagine it's probably in the high 90s.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.caskey-demaret.se/users/aaron/statuses/116777282065235485https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.caskey-demaret.se/users/aaron/statuses/116777282065235485Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:38:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:24:59 GMT]]>@puppygirlhornypost2 Even if you say no, they'll assert that they're doing it for the Greater Good, and for the Benefit of All of Humanity, so sorry, but your ass is now fair use.

@fasterandworse

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://come-from.mad-scientist.club/users/algernon/statuses/01KVG4AKXB6XQP75V2FZZ91YH5https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://come-from.mad-scientist.club/users/algernon/statuses/01KVG4AKXB6XQP75V2FZZ91YH5Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:24:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:17:39 GMT]]>@fasterandworse

Also the kill switch turns off translations. Since I use those I need to manually turn off every ai feature and then go back any time new ones are added

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.nyc/users/gbargoud/statuses/116777199801809909https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.nyc/users/gbargoud/statuses/116777199801809909Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:08:58 GMT]]>@fasterandworse@hci.social it's still insane to me that companies can just fuck you in the ass and claim that because you haven't said no you consented

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://transfem.social/notes/anokjsg8nk0k17eqhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://transfem.social/notes/anokjsg8nk0k17eqFri, 19 Jun 2026 14:08:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:08:55 GMT]]>@fasterandworse Happy to be in the 1% for once!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dosgame.club/users/Tijn/statuses/116777165479914200https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dosgame.club/users/Tijn/statuses/116777165479914200Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:08:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:30:27 GMT]]>@fasterandworse unless you get a repeated and enthusiastic no, you're good to go! Also, "I can't find where they've moved the setting this time" is a binding and irrevocable endorsement of your corporate policies.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/womble/statuses/116773239327114660https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/womble/statuses/116773239327114660Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:30:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:50:41 GMT]]>@emenel @fasterandworse yeah I'm in this group

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://l3ib.org/users/smn/statuses/116772611156021308https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://l3ib.org/users/smn/statuses/116772611156021308Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:50:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:42:17 GMT]]>@fasterandworse
I think a considerable number of people just automatically switched away from mainline in favour of a privacy-respecting fork such as .

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metroholografix.ca/users/sb/statuses/116772342142380146https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metroholografix.ca/users/sb/statuses/116772342142380146Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:42:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:11:48 GMT]]>]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snac.bsd.cafe/bpl/p/1781802708.969704https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snac.bsd.cafe/bpl/p/1781802708.969704Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:11:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:29:14 GMT]]>@emenel @fasterandworse The brilliant thing about Waterfox is it has a desktop and mobile app, so I ditched Firefox completely.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/Tock/statuses/116772054928606303https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/Tock/statuses/116772054928606303Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:29:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:06:05 GMT]]>@fasterandworse they know because their community told them every step of the way, but they did it anyway and then did an AI slop video promising to spend untold riches on a thing people didn't want.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furs.social/users/Rycochet/statuses/116771963864802401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furs.social/users/Rycochet/statuses/116771963864802401Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:06:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:03:35 GMT]]>@fasterandworse a lot of people who would have used it also just ditched firefox entirely because of this

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://post.lurk.org/users/emenel/statuses/116771954085207202https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://post.lurk.org/users/emenel/statuses/116771954085207202Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:03:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:02:18 GMT]]>@ndevenish with the shitty (x) offline indicator that looks like a close button

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/116771948998050953https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/116771948998050953Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:02:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to &gt; ...the AI kill switch ... has been flipped by just 1% of Firefox users to turn off AI completely. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:50:26 GMT]]>@fasterandworse see also: a fucking VPN button magically appearing in my extension bar without my consent

Honestly thought I had been hit by malware

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/ndevenish/statuses/116771902369390661https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/ndevenish/statuses/116771902369390661Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:50:26 GMT