zecg

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[–] zecg@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I know and don't mind the jokes, you folks are doing a good job on communities that I follow. I started "teachers" and "education" subreddits a lifetime ago with a free-speech-absolutist mindset and quickly realized that they become a cesspool without someone grinding through reports 24/7.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Still kinda related"

Please, Lord, let me never become a moderator, keep my reasoning intact.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago

Sure, those two are ok, I guess, so long as Firefox doesn't download models before I try using them for the first time. However, I emphatically don't want and wouldn't use and would be miffed if any tl;dring AI plugins weren't optional. Mind you, we're only here discussing this because we were asked about it and now there's people replying as if ours are ludicrously luddite opinions that stand in the way of progress and Mozilla's success.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Well, la di fucking dah. You're telling me they have to bundle the solution to make people realize they have problems that fit. I'd just like a lean browser that understands Ublock Origin is its primary concern and focus because it's its main advantage at the moment. Bundle that if you're in a bundling mood.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

I for one do know that and am not against AI religiously and have used it to great effect and STILL DON'T WANT TO DOWNLOAD IT WITH MY BROWSER. Just make it an addon.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I feel like you're doing the classic Lemmy/Reddit thing of seeing the letters "AI" and automatically freaking out, before looking into what they're actually doing. We aren't talking about ChatGPT integration here...

They asked and we think they shouldn't waste money on it and everything they do should be optional and not bundled by default. Why do you think we didn't understand?

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The primary, only, thing you could come up with is "I don't want privacy focused translation, because AI"

Also this one is really tenuous to the point I'll say fuck your interpretations of what I wrote. It should be: I don't want ANY translation to inflate the browser. Publish them as a separate exe or a Firefox plugin. They bundle it because it's a bunch of shit most people don't need and would never seek /download.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

Without realizing the the grand majority of all translation tools that don't suck have been AI driven for like 8+ years (Long, long, before LLMs of today).

That's presumptuous, I'm perfectly aware of it, but I'm not downloading the grand majority of translation tools with my browser.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I filled it, but there's no avenue there to express my complete disdain for AI and how shit it can make a product. Just make everything AI optional, don't make me download data for shit I'll never use.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Then please point me to an instance with less shitty privacy policy than this

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Let's replace one proprietary service with another. It looks so good with its API wide open, like it's never getting enshittified.

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