<story><title>iTerm2 removes AI feature from core, creates separate plugin</title><url>https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/11470#note_1917647951</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vasachi</author><text>Say they introduce a bug, that will try to call that API even when there is no key.</text></item><item><author>atkailash</author><text>Exactly. You have to provide it your own API key. If you don’t want it, don’t put it in and bam, no problem</text></item><item><author>mmastrac</author><text>The whole drama was pretty silly, and the fact that everyone got upset that a feature that is inactive by default, consumes no processing power, memory or anything else and bullied the author of the open-source program should make everyone unhappy.&lt;p&gt;This is why open-source maintainers burn out and we can&amp;#x27;t have nice things. Honestly, people, please consider the human on the other side of the toxic discourse.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>moloch</author><text>Say they introduce a bug, that deletes every file on your machine.</text></comment>
<story><title>iTerm2 removes AI feature from core, creates separate plugin</title><url>https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/11470#note_1917647951</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vasachi</author><text>Say they introduce a bug, that will try to call that API even when there is no key.</text></item><item><author>atkailash</author><text>Exactly. You have to provide it your own API key. If you don’t want it, don’t put it in and bam, no problem</text></item><item><author>mmastrac</author><text>The whole drama was pretty silly, and the fact that everyone got upset that a feature that is inactive by default, consumes no processing power, memory or anything else and bullied the author of the open-source program should make everyone unhappy.&lt;p&gt;This is why open-source maintainers burn out and we can&amp;#x27;t have nice things. Honestly, people, please consider the human on the other side of the toxic discourse.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>adrianN</author><text>If you&amp;#x27;re afraid that programs on your computer leak your data, run them in a sandbox with limited permissions.</text></comment>