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Fair correction

What makes it "seem" that is the case?

Frankly, people are assuming a lot from just the words "AI browser", which could mean a browser that is all AI, sure, but could equally be a browser that, say, just uses AI to generate missing alt-text.

I think there's a lot of people who just object to the concept of AI generally - a valid stance - who then assume that anything that uses it must be trying to take away their options to not use it. Which is a valid complaint if that actually happens, but I see no real evidence that is happening here.

In fact, those who actually read the blog post they're panicking over would see that right before saying that in the blog post, he explicitly says:

AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off.

Sounds pretty optional to me

In that all that happened is that Firefox is considering adding optional opt-in features that use AI, and people are acting like they've just declared they're cancelling the entire app and replacing it with some imagined AI slop

Sure, but you do still have to actively go and spoil your vote - just staying at home muttering "I showed them" doesn't count as participating

Well even if you believe political parties shouldn't exist, you should still participate in your democracy. It's not like the system goes away if you refuse to participate, so you might as well work within it

LGTM

I think it's also worth noting that the independent candidate (Cuomo) was not the 3rd party candidate - since Mamdani and Cuomo were the 2 viable candidates, Sliwa's votes moved to the nearest viable candidate.

Lots of people seem to think that 3rd parties are defined by lack of party nomination

The issue is that voting for third parties doesn't make third parties viable in first-past-the-post systems. I, for example, would love if my country had a diverse parliament, but I continue to vote for the saner major party in my constituency because if votes are split between them and the party I'd really like to be in power, then neither of them will be.

Tactical voting is the symptom of two party systems, not the cause.

I mean if you replace "not write bugs" with "write tests", this becomes a good metaphor

And it still wouldn't make sense if he did 💀

Sure, but you absolutely were being condescending and obfuscating - my point was valid regardless of who "started it"