I just saw someone unironically write that they do not trust Firefox because they do not trust a browser paid by google to include AI slop features, and that’s why they prefer Chrome.

[lrt_writes@mstdn.party]

@erkhyan You don't know what you don't know... I hope you explained it kindly

[whyrl@furry.engineer]

@erkhyan @soatok "No credible browser would ship with AI slop features without also including spyware, and that's why I prefer Chrome!"

[csalem@mastodon.social]

@erkhyan this is so stupid the word stupid just committed suicide.

[simonzerafa@infosec.exchange]

@erkhyan

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[ethicalprofessor@mstdn.social]

@erkhyan

"I can hear the Cuckoo singing in the Cuckoo-Berry tree."

[itseperkele@expressional.social]

@erkhyan Next time suggest Librewolf to them. Not paid by google and no AI slop included.

As a bonus, uBlock is built in and other privacy goodies!

[deuchnord@social.deuchnord.fr]

@erkhyan someone should tell them

[thomasjwebb@mastodon.social]

@erkhyan I see this cognitive distortion a lot. People don't back up and compare with a baseline, they just fuzzily judge based on how frequently they see a conversation happening, causing them to get things exactly backwards. I don't know what to do about it!

[countablenewt@mastodon.social]

@erkhyan I mean...it's not...it's not *wrong*

Google does not, in fact, pay themselves* to put AI in Chrome

*Actually, depending on how Alphabet does their internal accounting, they very well could be paying themselves to put AI in Chrome

[niavy@masto.bike]

@erkhyan
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[kicou@kicou.info]

@erkhyan

[starstorm_x1@floofy.tech]

@erkhyan Reminds me of all those people who threatened to switch to Brave because they didn't want to deal with Firefox getting worse... when Brave somehow has those same issues amplified up to eleven

[countrymetalhead@someplace.social]

@erkhyan Oh, my...Who wants to tell them? LOL