RmDebArc_5@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIt just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"www.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square259fedilinkarrow-up1800arrow-down159
arrow-up1741arrow-down1external-linkIt just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"www.gamingonlinux.comRmDebArc_5@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square259fedilink
minus-squaregoatinspace@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77arrow-down6·2 months agoThey might be getting money from google that tells them what to do.
minus-squarekuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86arrow-down1·2 months agoNah, Google funds them so they can point at them and say they aren’t a monopoly, directing what they do would ruin that. Mozilla’s perfectly capable of making dumb decisions on their own, they do that plenty
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI wish you weren’t right. I remember old firefox. I will never forgive.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThey are, but that’s only for the search engine thing. Unless Google has a seat on the board.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoIt’s for the default search, but it also has the side benefit of ensuring a secondary browser with decent market share that’s not Chromium-based they can point to claiming they’re not a monopoly.
minus-squaregoatinspace@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGoogle donates to KDE also
They might be getting money from google that tells them what to do.
Nah, Google funds them so they can point at them and say they aren’t a monopoly, directing what they do would ruin that.
Mozilla’s perfectly capable of making dumb decisions on their own, they do that plenty
I wish you weren’t right. I remember old firefox.
I will never forgive.
They are, but that’s only for the search engine thing. Unless Google has a seat on the board.
It’s for the default search, but it also has the side benefit of ensuring a secondary browser with decent market share that’s not Chromium-based they can point to claiming they’re not a monopoly.
Google donates to KDE also