TL;DR: Mozilla has a new CEO and a new mission: transform Firefox into an AI browser. That has run into some snags, as Firefox users don’t seem that interested in AI. Mozilla is forging ahead, utilizing deceptive patterns (previously known as dark patterns) to nag and annoy people into enabling AI features. You can see this in the introduction of Link Previews, an extremely invasive anti-feature that exists solely to push AI into your experience.

TL;DR: Mozilla has a new CEO and a new mission: transform Firefox into an AI browser. That has run into some snags, as Firefox users don’t seem that interested in AI. Mozilla is forging ahead, utilizing deceptive patterns (previously known as dark patterns) to nag and annoy people into enabling AI features. You can see this in the introduction of Link Previews, an extremely invasive anti-feature that exists solely to push AI into your experience.

  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I honestly think link previews are a good idea and can be very beneficial for users if done right. It would be good to know if a site could generally be trusted before I click a link. It‘s just hard to do that right, though.

    • yoasif@fedia.ioOP
      4·
      2 days ago

      Can you explain how they might be more beneficial than simply visiting the link and clicking back if it isn’t what you wanted? Sincerely curious.