anecdotal reports are that this makes Firefox noticeably faster
that list of settings to disable:
browser.ml.enable
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.chat.menu
browser.ml.chat.page
browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge
browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
browser.ml.pageAssist.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
extensions.ml.enabled
browser.search.visualSearch.featureGate
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Chris Pearce
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in reply to David Gerard • • •ariarhythmic
in reply to David Gerard • • •ariarhythmic
in reply to ariarhythmic • • •No offense but this is hillarious, the extents to which people go to keep using actively malicious software, like Firefox.
Pick a fork and use that.
USB Type-Steve
in reply to ariarhythmic • • •nieuemma
in reply to USB Type-Steve • • •David Gerard
in reply to nieuemma • • •nieuemma
in reply to David Gerard • • •sijmen (now on iceshrimp)
in reply to David Gerard • • •fleaz
in reply to sijmen (now on iceshrimp) • • •@sijmen It's from tumblr
tumblr.com/mckitterick/8007837β¦
Reblog by @mckitterick Β· 1 image
Tumblryetzt
in reply to fleaz • • •NA
in reply to David Gerard • • •soc
in reply to David Gerard • • •Tech-bro consent basically:
> Yeah, you might go through this
> laundry list of settings to disable, but
> a) our expectation is that most
> people won't bother with it, and
> b) we are going to add new features
> that ignore these settings anyway
Klaus Frank
in reply to David Gerard • • •@mozilla has become stupid. I really don't want to see them begging for money ever again.
They must have more than enough when they can do hostile shit like this. Also this attitude of blindly following every shitty trend of silicon valley causes additional points to be withdrawn...
Ox1de
in reply to David Gerard • • •browser.ml.chat.page
browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge
browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge
browser.search.visualSearch.featureGate
rsalz
in reply to David Gerard • • •ΙΉ uΙp
in reply to rsalz • • •J. R. DePriest :EA DATA. SF:
in reply to David Gerard • • •is there any application at all, from any company, that makes genAI opt-in? Why do they all turn the shit stream on by default?
I know why. You don't have to tell me.
But I'm still allowed to be angry about it.
TarXZ
in reply to David Gerard • • •Anthony
in reply to David Gerard • • •FYI, I made a similar post with a similar list on Nov 22, two days after the post you screencapped: buc.ci/abucci/p/1763845084.289… .
I received a lot of pushback from people, including a person who claimed to work for Mozilla, the most common being "setting
browser.ml.enabletofalseturns all these off so what's the problem?". This is false, though, besides being dismissive. It's also confusing (obfuscating?) since many of the settings are not in thebrowser.mltree at all. Mozilla person suggested filing bug reports, which I found hilarious in that depressing sort of way.Your list has one configuration option that mine lacked,
browser.search.visualSearch.featureGate. My post has a few that the other post lacked, which I found on Stackoverflow and a blog post that I link. In total that makes 17 (!!!) AI-related configuration options in the latest Firefoxen.Poking around Firefox's config I've found more th
... show moreFYI, I made a similar post with a similar list on Nov 22, two days after the post you screencapped: buc.ci/abucci/p/1763845084.289β¦ .
I received a lot of pushback from people, including a person who claimed to work for Mozilla, the most common being "setting
browser.ml.enabletofalseturns all these off so what's the problem?". This is false, though, besides being dismissive. It's also confusing (obfuscating?) since many of the settings are not in thebrowser.mltree at all. Mozilla person suggested filing bug reports, which I found hilarious in that depressing sort of way.Your list has one configuration option that mine lacked,
browser.search.visualSearch.featureGate. My post has a few that the other post lacked, which I found on Stackoverflow and a blog post that I link. In total that makes 17 (!!!) AI-related configuration options in the latest Firefoxen.Poking around Firefox's config I've found more that seem suspicious:
-
browser.ml.chat.shortcuts.custom-
browser.ml.chat.hideLocalhostPerhaps someone should keep a running list of these somewhere! Here are the 19 options so far:
-
browser.aiwindow.enabled-
browser.ml.chat.enabled-
browser.ml.chat.hideLocalhost-
browser.ml.chat.menu-
browser.ml.chat.page-
browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge-
browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge-
browser.ml.chat.shortcuts-
browser.ml.chat.shortcuts.custom-
browser.ml.chat.sidebar-
browser.ml.enable-
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled-
browser.ml.pageAssist.enabled-
browser.ml.smartAssist.enabled-
browser.search.visualSearch.featureGate-
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled-
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled-
extensions.ml.enabled-
sidebar.notification.badge.aichatSome of these probably are turned off by settings higher up the tree, but it's unclear to me exactly which subset needs to be toggled off to disable the lot of them.
Anthony
2025-11-22 20:58:04
Julien W.
in reply to Anthony • • •@abucci
why do you say it's false ? I'm curious.
@davidgerard
Lin Jen-Shin (godfat) π₯
in reply to Julien W. • • •Anthony
in reply to Lin Jen-Shin (godfat) π₯ • • •Billy Smith
in reply to David Gerard • • •A few of them I had to create before I could turn them off.
Reminds me of being a WindowsAdmin, and not in a good way... π
mORA
in reply to David Gerard • • •Just search for β.ml.β and set everything you see at FALSE π
JM2β¬C
Nazo
in reply to David Gerard • • •I tried it, but absolutely nothing happened. I don't see any difference at all.
Is it because I'm running LibreWolf? π€ͺ
γγ΄γΉγ
in reply to David Gerard • • •I've lost trust in Mozilla and Firefox. Pains me to see this; I think I've been using Firefox for 20 years now.
But starting with all that Ad nonsense and user tracking provided by Firefox and the hassle of keeping up with disabling features with every update, I decided to put my trust elsewhere. And seeing this, I feel reassured in my decision.
I switched to Brave, because according to some independant tests, it's by far the leader in privacy regards.
Jerked Gherkins
in reply to David Gerard • • •ploum
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in reply to David Gerard • • •1.1 To Arkenfox or Not
GitHubΙΉ uΙp
in reply to David Gerard • • •thank youu David
clippy no like ai
Julien W.
in reply to David Gerard • • •Kate
in reply to David Gerard • • •Barry Cook π¨π¦
in reply to David Gerard • • •Just follow install instructions for the file on the website.
G. Gibson
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in reply to David Gerard • • •mmu_man
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in reply to David Gerard • • •David Gerard
in reply to zombiewarrior • • •dana ain't buyin'
in reply to David Gerard • • •Fox
in reply to David Gerard • • •Thanks! π
With an unmodified Waterfox browser:
- browser.ml.enable = True
- No browser.ml.chat.enabled
- No browser.ml.chat.menu
- No browser.ml.chat.page
- No browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge
- No browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge
- browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled = False
- No browser.ml.pageAssist.enabled
- browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled = False
- browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled = True
- extensions.ml.enabled = True
- No browser.search.visualSearch.featureGate
Jake Rayson
in reply to David Gerard • • •Thank you and, in the words of Guillermo del Toro, "Fuck AI"
variety.com/2025/film/news/guiβ¦
Guillermo del Toro Says 'F--- AI,' Earns 'Frankenstein' Gotham Award
Jack Dunn (Variety)Dustin Mitchell
in reply to David Gerard • • •Eric Likness
in reply to David Gerard • • •