Info on how to disable AI anti-features from Firefox here and here.
I’m getting real tired of this shit. It isn’t just Firefox, or large token models; every fucking little thing nowadays has anti-features, that go against why I want that thing, that I need to work around, that makes every simple task a bloody chore.
I'm going to rant a few examples here because they're all bottled up.
I open my bank phone application. Then I unlock it through biometry. Then I close 9001 useless pop-ups. Then I can actually check if my client paid me. Every bloody single time.
I open my e-mail. Sometimes it asks for login, that’s fine. But if it does, it’ll try to force me to give it my phone number. There’s no “no, stop asking”, only a “MaYbE LaTeR LoL”. Keep in mind that email account is older than some adults here in the Fediverse.
COVID times I had to buy a new microwaves oven. It lacks numbers buttons; instead it has a bunch of useless buttons for popped maize, brigadeiro, milk, pudding, soup. If I want to heat my cats’ frozen food for 35s, I can’t simply press “3”, then “5”, then “on”, like I did with the old one — I need to press +10s four times, then “on”, then stare the bloody thing until there are 5s left, then stop it prematurely. If I don’t do it either there’s frozen cat food, or Kika refuses it because it’s too hot.
I go buy some slippers. Seller says I should register for their “discounts program” or crap like that. I tell her [translated] “no, thanks, I only want the slippers”. Seller asks me “Why?”, as if I had any legal or moral obligation to justify my decisions. I tell her “I do not want it. I only want to buy a pair of slippers.” She insists, vomiting some explanation on that bloody shite discounts program I give no flying fucks about, until I cut her short and say “I give up. I’m buying it elsewhere.” and leave the shop (and the slippers). I shit you not, I had an easier time buying nitric acid in the 00s than slippers now in the 20s.
That bloody browser is the cherry of the cake for me. I already avoid Chromium and similar Google trash as much as possible, as I know Google vultures the shit out of your personal info; now every bloody time Firefox updates I need to check two computers, two phones, and a few household electronics for potential shit to disable. Do I need to sell my soul to Satan to make things simpler again? Oh wait, souls don’t exist so I’m out of luck.
Yes, I’m aware, there’s LibreWolf. But that’s like makeup hiding your black eye, since it’s a “soft” fork of Firefox. And it doesn’t change that bitter taste on your mouth, that you can’t even browse the internet in peace any more.
Info on how to disable AI anti-features from Firefox here and here.
I’m getting real tired of this shit. It isn’t just Firefox, or large token models; every fucking little thing nowadays has anti-features, that go against why I want that thing, that I need to work around, that makes every simple task a bloody chore.
I'm going to rant a few examples here because they're all bottled up.
I open my bank phone application. Then I unlock it through biometry. Then I close 9001 useless pop-ups. Then I can actually check if my client paid me. Every bloody single time.
I open my e-mail. Sometimes it asks for login, that’s fine. But if it does, it’ll try to force me to give it my phone number. There’s no “no, stop asking”, only a “MaYbE LaTeR LoL”. Keep in mind that email account is older than some adults here in the Fediverse.
COVID times I had to buy a new microwaves oven. It lacks numbers buttons; instead it has a bunch of useless buttons for popped maize, brigadeiro, milk, pudding, soup. If I want to heat my cats’ frozen food for 35s, I can’t simply press “3”, then “5”, then “on”, like I did with the old one — I need to press +10s four times, then “on”, then stare the bloody thing until there are 5s left, then stop it prematurely. If I don’t do it either there’s frozen cat food, or Kika refuses it because it’s too hot.
I go buy some slippers. Seller says I should register for their “discounts program” or crap like that. I tell her [translated] “no, thanks, I only want the slippers”. Seller asks me “Why?”, as if I had any legal or moral obligation to justify my decisions. I tell her “I do not want it. I only want to buy a pair of slippers.” She insists, vomiting some explanation on that bloody shite discounts program I give no flying fucks about, until I cut her short and say “I give up. I’m buying it elsewhere.” and leave the shop (and the slippers). I shit you not, I had an easier time buying nitric acid in the 00s than slippers now in the 20s.
That bloody browser is the cherry of the cake for me. I already avoid Chromium and similar Google trash as much as possible, as I know Google vultures the shit out of your personal info; now every bloody time Firefox updates I need to check two computers, two phones, and a few household electronics for potential shit to disable. Do I need to sell my soul to Satan to make things simpler again? Oh wait, souls don’t exist so I’m out of luck.
Yes, I’m aware, there’s LibreWolf. But that’s like makeup hiding your black eye, since it’s a “soft” fork of Firefox. And it doesn’t change that bitter taste on your mouth, that you can’t even browse the internet in peace any more.