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@mattl<\/a> @bk2204<\/a> you can put things in \/etc\/firefox ex https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/qoto.org\/users\/falken\/statuses\/115084262078279243","object":{"id":"https:\/\/qoto.org\/users\/falken\/statuses\/115084262078279243","objectType":"note","content":"

@mattl<\/a> @bk2204<\/a> you can put things in \/etc\/firefox ex https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/qoto.org\/@falken\/115084262078279243","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115075502253290729","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl\/115075502253290729"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-22:objectType=thread:nonce=5068054a99d154ec","notice_info":{"local_id":"10870778","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-24T15:44:09+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/qoto.org\/@falken\/115084262078279243"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl","displayName":"Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-original-tmp20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-96-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-48-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-24-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"115062"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-96-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Public figure\/idiot. Old UNIX, TV, Music, OldHammer, Mantic, Amstrad CPC, open source, monkey movies, Skeletor sings TMBG. Blocking people talking about GenAI and LLM stuff every day. he\/him. New England Aquarium\/Cyberspace\/Cyberslice.","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mattl","displayName":"Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)","note":"Public figure\/idiot. Old UNIX, TV, Music, OldHammer, Mantic, Amstrad CPC, open source, monkey movies, Skeletor sings TMBG. Blocking people talking about GenAI and LLM stuff every day. he\/him. New England Aquarium\/Cyberspace\/Cyberslice."}},"content":"

@falken<\/a> @bk2204<\/a> Interesting. This seems really annoying for Mac users as I'd have to add the file inside the app bundle, which means it'll be removed every time I upgrade. I'll take a look.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115084508799604445","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115084508799604445","objectType":"note","content":"

@falken<\/a> @bk2204<\/a> Interesting. This seems really annoying for Mac users as I'd have to add the file inside the app bundle, which means it'll be removed every time I upgrade. I'll take a look.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl\/115084508799604445","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/qoto.org\/users\/falken\/statuses\/115084262078279243","url":"https:\/\/qoto.org\/@falken\/115084262078279243"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/qoto.org\/users\/falken"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-22:objectType=thread:nonce=5068054a99d154ec","notice_info":{"local_id":"10870779","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-24T15:44:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl\/115084508799604445"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias","displayName":"Rich Felker","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-original-tmp20221202140938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-96-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-48-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-24-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"40873"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-96-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"C librarian, purveyor of the language's eldritch horrors. Poppin' shells \ud83e\uddaa","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"dalias","displayName":"Rich Felker","note":"C librarian, purveyor of the language's eldritch horrors. Poppin' shells \ud83e\uddaa"}},"content":"

@gnomon<\/a> @mozilla<\/a> This is the problem though. They base all their decisions on telemetry and surveys that their entire core user base rightfully opted out of long ago as privacy-invasive bullshit, so all they get is the automatically biased dataset that only includes the most clueless of their users who don't even know why they're supposed to be using Firefox.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias\/statuses\/115079432561444749","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias\/statuses\/115079432561444749","objectType":"note","content":"

@gnomon<\/a> @mozilla<\/a> This is the problem though. They base all their decisions on telemetry and surveys that their entire core user base rightfully opted out of long ago as privacy-invasive bullshit, so all they get is the automatically biased dataset that only includes the most clueless of their users who don't even know why they're supposed to be using Firefox.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/115079432561444749","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon\/statuses\/115074300843244939","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gnomon\/115074300843244939"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/mozilla"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-22:objectType=thread:nonce=5068054a99d154ec","notice_info":{"local_id":"10863595","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-23T18:13:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/115079432561444749"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl","displayName":"Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-original-tmp20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-96-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-48-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-24-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"115062"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-96-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Public figure\/idiot. Old UNIX, TV, Music, OldHammer, Mantic, Amstrad CPC, open source, monkey movies, Skeletor sings TMBG. Blocking people talking about GenAI and LLM stuff every day. he\/him. New England Aquarium\/Cyberspace\/Cyberslice.","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mattl","displayName":"Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)","note":"Public figure\/idiot. Old UNIX, TV, Music, OldHammer, Mantic, Amstrad CPC, open source, monkey movies, Skeletor sings TMBG. Blocking people talking about GenAI and LLM stuff every day. he\/him. New England Aquarium\/Cyberspace\/Cyberslice."}},"content":"

@bk2204<\/a> It seems like it's not possible to do about:config type changes with an extension since they changed things a few years ago.<\/p>

But I had forgotten about user.js so thank you for reminding me.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115075502253290729","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115075502253290729","objectType":"note","content":"

@bk2204<\/a> It seems like it's not possible to do about:config type changes with an extension since they changed things a few years ago.<\/p>

But I had forgotten about user.js so thank you for reminding me.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl\/115075502253290729","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204\/statuses\/115075438580107319","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bk2204\/115075438580107319"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-22:objectType=thread:nonce=5068054a99d154ec","notice_info":{"local_id":"10857948","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-23T01:33:38+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl\/115075502253290729"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204","displayName":"brian m. carlson","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-original-tmp20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-96-20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-48-20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-24-20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"359069"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-96-20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Polyglot programmer, writer, cyclist; lover of footnotes and epigraphs; cat parent to Tara and Chester; lives in Toronto; speaks en\/es\/fr\/(a little)de; queer","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bk2204","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"bk2204","displayName":"brian m. carlson","note":"Polyglot programmer, writer, cyclist; lover of footnotes and epigraphs; cat parent to Tara and Chester; lives in Toronto; speaks en\/es\/fr\/(a little)de; queer"}},"content":"

@mattl<\/a> It certainly may be, but I'm not aware of how to do that. I also don't really want the responsibility of maintaining that, since my free time is relatively limited. <\/p>

In my case, the makefiles in my dotfiles detect the profile directory automatically, so it's fire-and-forget for me.<\/p>

I don't have an objection if others want to create an extension, though. I think it would be useful.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204\/statuses\/115075438580107319","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204\/statuses\/115075438580107319","objectType":"note","content":"

@mattl<\/a> It certainly may be, but I'm not aware of how to do that. I also don't really want the responsibility of maintaining that, since my free time is relatively limited. <\/p>

In my case, the makefiles in my dotfiles detect the profile directory automatically, so it's fire-and-forget for me.<\/p>

I don't have an objection if others want to create an extension, though. I think it would be useful.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bk2204\/115075438580107319","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115075401908638942","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl\/115075401908638942"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-22:objectType=thread:nonce=5068054a99d154ec","notice_info":{"local_id":"10857947","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-23T01:33:38+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bk2204\/115075438580107319"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl","displayName":"Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-original-tmp20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-96-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-48-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-24-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"115062"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-96-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Public figure\/idiot. Old UNIX, TV, Music, OldHammer, Mantic, Amstrad CPC, open source, monkey movies, Skeletor sings TMBG. Blocking people talking about GenAI and LLM stuff every day. he\/him. New England Aquarium\/Cyberspace\/Cyberslice.","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mattl","displayName":"Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)","note":"Public figure\/idiot. Old UNIX, TV, Music, OldHammer, Mantic, Amstrad CPC, open source, monkey movies, Skeletor sings TMBG. Blocking people talking about GenAI and LLM stuff every day. he\/him. New England Aquarium\/Cyberspace\/Cyberslice."}},"content":"

@bk2204<\/a> Would it be possible to make this into a simple extension? It's harder than it should be to even find the profile directory.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115075401908638942","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115075401908638942","objectType":"note","content":"

@bk2204<\/a> Would it be possible to make this into a simple extension? It's harder than it should be to even find the profile directory.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl\/115075401908638942","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204\/statuses\/115074317146496936","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bk2204\/115074317146496936"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-22:objectType=thread:nonce=5068054a99d154ec","notice_info":{"local_id":"10857769","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-23T01:08:06+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl\/115075401908638942"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl","displayName":"Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-original-tmp20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-96-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-48-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-24-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"115062"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/115062-96-20230427013907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Public figure\/idiot. Old UNIX, TV, Music, OldHammer, Mantic, Amstrad CPC, open source, monkey movies, Skeletor sings TMBG. Blocking people talking about GenAI and LLM stuff every day. he\/him. New England Aquarium\/Cyberspace\/Cyberslice.","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@mattl","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mattl","displayName":"Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)","note":"Public figure\/idiot. Old UNIX, TV, Music, OldHammer, Mantic, Amstrad CPC, open source, monkey movies, Skeletor sings TMBG. Blocking people talking about GenAI and LLM stuff every day. he\/him. New England Aquarium\/Cyberspace\/Cyberslice."}},"content":"RT @mattl @gnomonI have a `user.js` in my dotfiles that I use to always turn on things like Global Privacy Control and turn off things like AI and telemetry.I do agree that this is something that should have a big Disable Me Now button, though.https:\/\/github.com\/bk2204\/dotfiles\/blob\/dev\/firefox\/user.js","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115075395930956051\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon\/statuses\/115074300843244939","objectType":"note","content":"

For pete's sake, @mozilla<\/a> : if you want to measure whether the AI\/ML features are worth a damn, put a big green \"disable all AI in my browser\" button on the version update screen and put some telemetry around how many people instantly click it.<\/p>

Just about everyone I know who has taken the 142 update is working through about:config menus to toggle off everything under browser.ml.* and grumbling about it, or just straight-up abandoning Firefox in exasperation.<\/p>

Turn the ship around. *Please*.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gnomon\/115074300843244939","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-22:objectType=thread:nonce=5068054a99d154ec","notice_info":{"local_id":"10857764","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"10857291"}},"published":"2025-08-23T01:06:38+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"mattl repeated a notice by gnomon","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/mattl\/statuses\/115075395930956051\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204","displayName":"brian m. carlson","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-original-tmp20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-96-20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-48-20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-24-20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"359069"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359069-96-20250823010638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Polyglot programmer, writer, cyclist; lover of footnotes and epigraphs; cat parent to Tara and Chester; lives in Toronto; speaks en\/es\/fr\/(a little)de; queer","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bk2204","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"bk2204","displayName":"brian m. carlson","note":"Polyglot programmer, writer, cyclist; lover of footnotes and epigraphs; cat parent to Tara and Chester; lives in Toronto; speaks en\/es\/fr\/(a little)de; queer"}},"content":"

@gnomonI have a `user.js` in my dotfiles that I use to always turn on things like Global Privacy Control and turn off things like AI and telemetry.<\/p>

I do agree that this is something that should have a big Disable Me Now button, though.<\/p>

https:\/\/github.com\/bk2204\/dotfiles\/blob\/dev\/firefox\/user.js<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204\/statuses\/115074317146496936","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/bk2204\/statuses\/115074317146496936","objectType":"note","content":"

@gnomonI have a `user.js` in my dotfiles that I use to always turn on things like Global Privacy Control and turn off things like AI and telemetry.<\/p>

I do agree that this is something that should have a big Disable Me Now button, though.<\/p>

https:\/\/github.com\/bk2204\/dotfiles\/blob\/dev\/firefox\/user.js<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bk2204\/115074317146496936","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon\/statuses\/115074300843244939","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gnomon\/115074300843244939"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-22:objectType=thread:nonce=5068054a99d154ec","notice_info":{"local_id":"10857763","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-23T01:06:38+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bk2204\/115074317146496936"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon","displayName":"Ben Zanin","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8264-original-tmp20220902031345.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":120,"height":120},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8264-96-20220902031345.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8264-48-20220902031345.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8264-24-20220902031345.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"8264"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8264-96-20220902031345.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Robertson screwdriver owner, believer in the value of personal-scale computing and skeptic of the value of computing scales any larger than that(previously https:\/\/twitter.com\/gnomon ; account de-funked)Small hacks: https:\/\/git.sr.ht\/~gnomon\/","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gnomon","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"gnomon","displayName":"Ben Zanin","note":"Robertson screwdriver owner, believer in the value of personal-scale computing and skeptic of the value of computing scales any larger than that(previously https:\/\/twitter.com\/gnomon ; account de-funked)Small hacks: https:\/\/git.sr.ht\/~gnomon\/"}},"content":"

For pete's sake, @mozilla<\/a> : if you want to measure whether the AI\/ML features are worth a damn, put a big green \"disable all AI in my browser\" button on the version update screen and put some telemetry around how many people instantly click it.<\/p>

Just about everyone I know who has taken the 142 update is working through about:config menus to toggle off everything under browser.ml.* and grumbling about it, or just straight-up abandoning Firefox in exasperation.<\/p>

Turn the ship around. *Please*.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon\/statuses\/115074300843244939","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon\/statuses\/115074300843244939","objectType":"note","content":"

For pete's sake, @mozilla<\/a> : if you want to measure whether the AI\/ML features are worth a damn, put a big green \"disable all AI in my browser\" button on the version update screen and put some telemetry around how many people instantly click it.<\/p>

Just about everyone I know who has taken the 142 update is working through about:config menus to toggle off everything under browser.ml.* and grumbling about it, or just straight-up abandoning Firefox in exasperation.<\/p>

Turn the ship around. *Please*.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gnomon\/115074300843244939","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/mozilla"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-22:objectType=thread:nonce=5068054a99d154ec","notice_info":{"local_id":"10857291","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-22T23:52:06+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gnomon\/115074300843244939"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5530039","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}