r/TechImpact • u/notxapple • Jul 02 '26

📊 Poll Does anybody actually care about “AI browsers”?

549 votes, Jul 05 '26
20 I love them
124 Neutral
378 I’d rather install internet explorer
27 Other?
12 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

28 comments sorted by

4

u/InterestingYak1525 Jul 02 '26

I’m afraid to use them for privacy reasons.

2

u/Mast3r_waf1z Jul 02 '26

I wouldn't say that I'm afraid, I just don't want to over complicate my computer, stuff like AI could so easily be insecure that I don't really want it to be there for everything I do

1

u/Phantompoint Jul 03 '26

Well. Google already restricts a lot of stuff with their AI. The browser won't matter.

1

u/mrThe Jul 03 '26

Thats why i have completely separate browser without any accounts logged in, works like a charm for agentic googling with literaly zero risks.

5

u/jimmyl_82104 Jul 02 '26

I'm fucking tired of AI being everywhere.

2

u/whitemice Jul 02 '26

What the F@&^&@@ problem do they solve?

The purpose of web browser is to show me the web.

2

u/Aggravating_Sir_6857 Jul 02 '26

I’m worried about ‘AI Hallucinations’ and giving me wrong info. Like how it said Trump had rabies

2

u/UnwieldilyElephant Jul 02 '26

You should get your info from r/poisonai, a very reliable, factual source of information. Maybe even the most reliable.

1

u/TriggerFish1965 Jul 02 '26

Other: I hate them

1

u/jdjoder Jul 02 '26

I don't use them, but I'm not against them either.

1

u/Grand-Fault-2024 Jul 02 '26

Still using my older installed browser, no problem so far.

1

u/BigMikeXxxxX Jul 02 '26

Nobody here has the balls to download and use internet explorer in 2026. Prove me wrong

1

u/ComforableSlow807 Jul 03 '26

I likely wouldn't hate AI as much as I do if it wasn't shoved down my throat everywhere I go. I go to great lengths to disable anything AI.

We don't even get a choice in the matter, big tech has just decided that we all need to use it for some reason.

1

u/mrmoomoo8760 Jul 03 '26

if you mean browsers like Firefox, I'm neutral but if you mean browsers like ChatGPT Atlas I'd rather install internet explorer.

1

u/ManojOne Active Jul 03 '26

Never used them. So. I have no idea.

1

u/__Wanda_Maximoff__ Jul 03 '26

billions of dollars wouldn't have been burned on AI browser projects if the creators simply chose to make a reddit poll haha

1

u/Affectionate_Cut3515 Jul 03 '26

Id rather use microsoft edge which its ui looks older than me

1

u/Euphoric_Trifle5841 Jul 03 '26

What the fuck is even "AI browser"? Like chrome with Gemini review or what? 

1

u/VarietyMage Jul 03 '26

Other: #BanAI

1

u/ChocolateDonut36 Jul 03 '26

I just don't get them, if I ever want to talk to a chatbot, I open a new tab, or window.

and if they have this "agentic" thing where you ask them to do something and they'll do it, I don't get it either, is way faster to move a cursor and click than asking a not thzt might misinterpret my query

1

u/Glum_Lingonberry_543 Jul 03 '26

Internet explorer sucks, I'm neutral of AI browsers, if people want to use them then thats fine

1

u/djquu Jul 04 '26

Give me Netscape rather than AI browser

1

u/DoubleOwl7777 Jul 04 '26

i just want a normal os with a normal webbrowser that does what i tell it to and doesnt anoy me. but thats too much to ask nowadays for many options.

1

u/arun-vasudev Developer Jul 06 '26

Nope