This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox:
- type
about:configinto the awesome bar - skip the warning for first time modders
- locate the
browser.ml.chat.enabledsetting and set it tofalse
In the #Librewolf fork, a thoughtful person has already done this for you.
(HT to @[email protected] for the hint!)
#genAI #chatbot #bullshitgenerator #llm #dontCallItAI
@[email protected] @[email protected]
What about the Android version? I don’t think the method works for that
@switchingsoftware @kuketzblog
But about:config does work on the Iceraven fork. So if they implement it on android there’ll be a fix.
You install it from here https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser/releases. Look for the readme file. Straightforward but you have to check for updates every so often. It also has a wider range of plugins, my initial reason for switching.
@markhburton
We recommend #IronFox as a cleaned up Firefox fork for Android. It supports about:config, too.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Hi - Where can I find ironwolf - it’s not showing up in ddg search?
@[email protected]
Oops, it’s #Ironfox, not Ironwolf:
https://github.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox
@[email protected]
@[email protected] @[email protected]
It claims to be installable from F-Droid (isn’t there) and Accrescent (install doesn’t work).
@markhburton @stephenhomewood
IronFox’ readme does a poor job explaining how to install this app via F-Droid. IronFox is not yet part of F-Droid’s own package repository. So you have to add IronFox’s F-Droid repo before you can install IronFox.
Opening this link in F-Droid allows you to add their repo:
https://fdroid.ironfoxoss.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=c5e291b5a571f9c8cd9a9799c2c94e02ec9703948893f2ca756d67b94204f904
@[email protected] @[email protected] Thanks - Glad one of us is paying attention 😄
On desktop Firefox, it’s not enabled by default. On Firefox for Android, it’s not even there, i.e. you can’t even enable it.
Yeah when they add it to mobile firefox were fucked, rated one star and they vommented saying they have no plans to add about:config to mobile firefox, telling me to use the beta shit version instead.