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Mozilla adds stupid AI stuff with horrible T&C (lemdro.id)

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PSA (?): just got this popup in Firefox when i was on an amazon product page. looked into it a bit because it seemed weird and it turns out if you click the big "yes, try it" button, you agree to mandatory binding arbitration with Fakespot and you waive your right to bring a class action lawsuit against them. this is awesome thank you so much mozilla very cool

https://queer.party/@m04/112872517189786676

So, Mozilla adds an AI review features for products you view using Firefox. Other than being very useless, it's T&C are as anti-consumer as it possibly can be. It's like mozilla saying directly "we don't care about your privacy".

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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I actually use fakespot a lot, but will never install an add-on for this.

I got that notice a few months ago, but I didn't use either button on the bottom. I used the X on the top, and haven't seen it since.

I thought we were done with the age of Toolbars, but here we are, back there. An app or add-on for every damn thing. No, I don't want this integrated into my browser. No, I don't need your HTML5 app on my phone to do less than the webpage does. No, I don't want your spyware app to view the one-off Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram link a friend sends me. No, I don't mean 'maybe later', I mean 'no forever'.

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (15 children)

FakeSpot is a hilarious company run by trend chasers, "crypto enthusiasts and web3 believers."

If Mozilla chasing the AI trend isn't bad enough, and their privacy policy doesn't hurt your soul, FakeSpot also only works on the biggest and most predatory platforms (Walmart and Amazon).

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[–] ArchRecord@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was happy when they used an entirely on-device AI to generate alt text for photos, but this is just ridiculous. They quite literally already have an extension that does the exact same thing this new "feature" offers.

Firefox was supposed to be a less bloated than chrome, but all they've done now is continued to add more and more to the browser that nobody actually asked for.

Give me bug fixes, UX and performance improvements, not entire sidebar popups for review checking that only works on 3 stores on the entire internet.

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[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Please tell me there's an about:config setting to turn this bs off.

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Thanks.

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I actually love Fakespot. I've had it installed as an extension for years, but now it's native

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[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Fakespot is from Mozilla, if you trust Mozilla, why don't you trust Fakespot?

And why is it useless? With the amount of fake AI reviews an AI to detect them is not completely useless.

But the popup is annoying.

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And why is it useless?

It's not useless. It's just that it's bloatware that's unnecessary for many.

Like a car with a bright orange "Order Bird Food" button in the middle of the dashboard. If you don't own any birds, then it sucks.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nothing new in the helm of browsers. Pockets is a extension baked into the browser.

Many browsers have VPN/Ad Block native to the browser. Opera GX have all that bullshit that surprising can deceive a lot of normies to use it.

Sadly this type of bloat sells as "features" to some people and Mozilla gains users with it. Btw I'm not defending this practice I just seeing for what it is, marketing.

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