this is temporary marketing towards a direction that they may change their mind on in the future, which would likely anger people who downloaded it because of this preference

not a call I'd make early on, a preference to disable AI features like Firefox added is maybe a more reasonable call

all we know today is that AI is being used in annoying ways, this won't be forever

It has no AI built in, which is a feature to a growing set of users. No AI buttons all over the place and sending your personal data off to who knows where. And if you want AI, you can add your choice of AI via plugins if you want AI in your word processor.