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Re:Firefox's AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn't by userbinator on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @08:29PM (#49544465)
before the user can rush to disable either of them

You download, disconnect from the network, and then edit the settings file before even starting the app for the first time.

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Re:Firefox's AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn't by Walf on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @08:37PM (#49544532)
That's not ever how it should be done, and the average person certainly won't work around that.

However, I'm fine with telling Mozilla once per install that I'm not interested in using the generative AI, or summaries, etc. On-device translation is quite useful.

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