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2026-02-02 23:41:56

rysiek@mstdn.social

Firefox for Web Developers wrote the following post Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:04:39 +0100

AI Controls (formally 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.

For the full details, see the Firefox blog https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/

Good move. But too little too late, I'm already on LibreWolf.

This is the first time I switched to a different browser as my daily driver since I switched to Firefox 1.0. And I did this specifically because all the shady "AI" stuff Mozilla keeps insisting on doing.

In the words of Mozilla's CEO:
> Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/

Do not want.

2026-02-02 23:44:34

Firefox for Web Developers

firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social

@rysiek Sad to see you go. Fwiw, LibreWolf has translation very similar to Firefox's, which most users consider to be AI.

2026-02-02 23:48:14

*_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@Firefox for Web Developers Sorry, but i haven't seen any detailed explanation in your update notes, what exactly AI should be good for. Nor did you supply easy ways to just switch it off in the first place. Users have to all communicate existing options between themselves, and in unofficial ways. Just be more transparent on what exactly you need new inventions for. Because users were fine with Firefox at least 10 years ago already.

2026-02-02 23:58:16

Firefox for Web Developers

firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social

@jrp translation is valuable for reading parts of the web that aren't in a language you can understand. Tab group naming means you can select a bunch of tabs and the model tries to come up with a decent name. Generated alt text helps improve the accessibility of PDF documents.

2026-02-03 00:02:53

*_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@Firefox for Web Developers That seems reasonable, however your update notes upon updating the browser do not visibly - or in an easibly understable way - contain this info, nor do they explain any caveats. So a lot of your - partly former - power users have given up on this. You will need to be more transparent on what these updates actually improve, especially on sensitive issues like AI, privacy etc.

2026-02-02 23:50:10

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

rysiek@mstdn.social

@firefoxwebdevs I assure you I understand this. I am using these translations, and I see them as one of the very few actually useful features of the sort.

But the way everything else related to "AI" is being shoved down users' throats by Mozilla makes me simply not interested in trusting you anymore.

I had moved innumerable people onto Firefox over the years. I was one of the power users that helped make Firefox popular.

And your response to me is, effectively, "sike! LibreWolf also has AI!"?

2026-02-02 23:45:02

*_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 They totally failed on explaining, what AI is supposed to be good for anyway. Am on Librewolf, too. As it is technically a Firefox version, it might have AI, too. Or did i get sthg wrong?

2026-02-02 23:56:20

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊)

simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

@rysiek

I'm moving (completely) to LibreWolf and Waterfox. As much as I've enjoyed using Firefox this stupidity is now way beyond acceptable stupidity levels 😕

2026-02-02 23:57:58

soup

hotsoup@infosec.exchange

@rysiek I feel like if they replaced their CEO with AI we wouldn’t even be having this problem right now. Footgunning themselves into irrelevance.

2026-02-02 23:58:20

MegatronicThronBanks

megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social

@rysiek

"Modern AI Browser" - let's just make up more bullshit terms, shall we.

2026-02-03 03:18:41

zane25

zane25@mastodon.social

@rysiek

I switched almost a year ago when all this was coming down the pike. Not looking back. Fuck em!

2026-02-03 04:53:56

wry

wry@mstdn.social

@rysiek I'm really glad that most, if not all, the Firefox forks have stated that they will continue to be AI free.

2026-02-03 05:03:56

Guillotine Jones, Flâneur

Guillotine_Jones@beige.party

@rysiek
Michal, are there Firefox extensions that are compatible with LibreWolf?
For example, I use the tab management app OneTab, and would like to be able to continue using it -- or an alternative -- should I switch to LibreWolf.
I hope you'll be able to tell me that most addons created for Firefox also work in Librewolf, and I'll be off to the races.
#Browsers #Firefox #LibreWolf