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Just the Browser: tools to remove AI and other bloatware from Chrome, Edge and Firefox (justthebrowser.com)
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[โ€“] guywithoutaname@lemmy.world 37 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

FYI if you want to edit the Firefox policies directly and save it in /etc/firefox/policies/policies.json, this is the file they are using

  "policies": {
    "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,
    "DisableTelemetry": true,
    "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true,
    "FirefoxHome": {
      "SponsoredStories": false,
      "SponsoredTopSites": false,
      "Stories": false
    },
    "GenerativeAI": {
      "Enabled": false
    },
    "SearchEngines": {
      "Remove": [
        "Perplexity"
      ]
    }
  }
}`
[โ€“] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

I have my settings in /etc/firefox and a symlink to distro's /usr/lib/firefox-esr/distribution. Easier to remember.