The billionaire is the one who told them to do it.

So what? They would have eventually done it without him.

This still doesn’t mean Google has some kind of ownership for it. Nobody stops you from forking it and taking it into a different direction.

ai shit is all easy to disable

Users don’t have to disable it. Just give them a browser where they’re not enabled by default!

Google tech

Chromium is open-source. It doesn’t belong to Google or anyone else.

There aren’t better alternatives

They are literally mentioned in the article:

Those unhappy have another option: use an AI‑free Firefox fork such as LibreWolf, Waterfox, or Zen Browser.

- https://manualdousuario.net/en/mozilla-firefox-window-ai/.

Yes. Chromium isn’t bad in itself though.

What do you mean by “we shouldn’t let perfect be the enemy of good”? Why should I use a browser which is actively anti-user when there are better alternatives out there?

I can’t imagine why I would want to save the interface on a YouTube page

Archiving a community post, for example.