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Re:Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features by yicmoggIrl on Monday February 02, 2026 @08:37PM (#46865150)
> the single toggle for all current and future AI. That's a genuine concession to user agency rather than the usual whack-a-mole of about:config flags

My thought exactly! I'm grateful that Mozilla isn't hiding the features behind dark config UI patterns.

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Re:Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features by thisislife2 on Monday February 02, 2026 @08:52PM (#46865276)
They can't afford to, or they would have. With ads in the browser, telemetry that doesn't really switch off, etc. etc. their brand value has really fallen.
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