When I rebased all of Waterfox’s changes onto the latest ESR branch, disabling AI features was my top priority. I only kept translations, and even that’s opt-in. I think most Firefox features, especially anything AI-related, should be opt-in by default. This feels like part of a broader shift in software expectations - when applications start acting autonomously, users should know exactly what’s happening and explicitly consent to that behavior.
For the mitigation in about:config, find:
- browser.ml.chat.enabled and set it to false.
- browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled and set it to false.