moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains batterywww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square299fedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down125
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minus-squarecomador @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoAt least they offer a fix for it: Head to about:config in a new tab, accept the risk warning, and use the search bar to find the controls. To kill the AI chatbot feature, search for browser.ml.chat.enabled and set it to false. To stop smart tab grouping, search for browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled and set it to false.
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·21 hours agoThey offer a fix behind a bunch of barriers? Is it not in settings with an obvious on/off toggle for the thing?
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·20 hours agoWhy would they bury the option… are they being paid to include this AI feature or something…?
At least they offer a fix for it:
Head to about:config in a new tab, accept the risk warning, and use the search bar to find the controls.
To kill the AI chatbot feature, search for browser.ml.chat.enabled and set it to false.
To stop smart tab grouping, search for browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled and set it to false.
They offer a fix behind a bunch of barriers? Is it not in settings with an obvious on/off toggle for the thing?
Why would they bury the option… are they being paid to include this AI feature or something…?