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Architecting Consent for AI: Deceptive Patterns in Firefox Link Previews (www.quippd.com)

submitted 2 days ago by yoasif@fedia.io to c/linux@programming.dev

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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.

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[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wait, is "dark pattern" taboo now?

[–] ColonelThirtyTwo@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago

FWIW "Deceptive Pattern" is still fitting, both in meaning and tone.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I wonder if folks are just trying to make the concept more accessible so they can be a visible problem to more people