Here’s the original article from Mozilla instead of this third-party AI slop regurgitating it.
Fuck off with this AI bullshit
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oh wow. someone’s actually using this.
Windows forcing their own propriatary software as a means to destroy competing web browsers? Is it 1997 already?
There’s a lot of people on the Mozilla hate train, and they do deserve a bit of ire for some of their more puzzling decisions. All I wanted from Firefox was a configurable browser with sane defaults, that lets me block ads and does all the normal browser things without being a total black box of corporate telemetry and profiling. To a large degree Firefox has been the best mainstream browser for people who can’t dance with the devil and use Chrome. In many aspects, it has made better decisions than Chrome.
With that said, I didn’t want Pocket, I didn’t want AI, and I’m mildly annoyed that this sort of thing is in the default build. It feels like a windows installer asking you to install 10 additional programs, but the ticked boxes are greyed out. I just want a browser, no crypto wallets, no ai assistants, no built-in mail client, no biometric scanning.
Firefox has been around long enough to have been both god tier and trash tier at different points. I don’t think the AI focus is going to go well for Mozilla. I’d like them to focus on browser stuff.
I just want a browser, no crypto wallets, no ai assistants, no built-in mail client, no biometric scanning.
3 out of those 4 are not even a thing in firefox
I had an ad in my Firefox settings for “Solo AI Website Creator”. It’s a product from Mozilla for using AI to build your website. Note that it’s not open source, and you must rely on them to host your website (no export functionality, and recurring fees outside a basic free tier).
I agree with you, I wish Mozilla would focus solely on their mission instead of trying to build all these side projects people don’t want.
I meeeean…. I kinda agree with you, but where exactly do you expect funding to come from? “Focus only on the browser. That they make no money off. Also stop accepting money from Google.”
Like I get it to an extent, it would be nice. But how exactly is “make no money” a viable business plan?
That’s fair. I wouldn’t reject money from Google but instead build up an endowment with it for when it eventually disappears. If you can recover your market share (maybe by investing in your browser - the peformance is lagging) then you can also demand more money from Google to set them as default. Finally, Mozilla is a non-profit and I wouldn’t be opposed to them just asking for donations, like most non-profits.
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Nah, mozilla sabotaged firefox.
Por qué no los dos.
Mozilla could have had a foothold but they literally added AI into Firefox, so idk how far they’re gonna get.
It defaults to local models only from what I know. You probably are responding from a device that uses embedded models already. If you are against technology how are you responding?
FR. These features are so easy to disable, when I updated Firefox recently it asked me on next load if I want the features or not… I chose not, no big deal!
‘AI’ is this generations Justin Bieber / Skrillex. There’s plenty to criticise but it’s becoming a bandwagon at this point.
Was the image generated with copilot?
The original article mentions the sabotaging only as historical evidence for a trend of pushing its tech onto people. It is not saying Microsoft is currently doing it specifically to sabotage anyone. Bullshit title.
The original article also mentions several things as fact that are not, and omits other facts, but that’s a different discussion.
Given the image,i wouldn’t be at all surprised if the article were just AI
What’s up with the AI slop image for this post?
Also, Mozilla is destroying Firefox by themselves, they don’t need help from m$
firefox really shouldnt be our only line of defence for decent browser…
Ah yes, I’m sure it was microslop who decided to make firefox add an AI the community voted against
Downvoting for unsolicited AI slop on my feed.
It would’ve been cool if they used Blender for the lil’ guy. 🥺
Did they also force them to kill MDN, buy pocket, or funnel 99% of the foundation’s budget on everything that’s not Firefox?
Edit: fact checked myself and the budget part is completely incorrect. The foundation just leeches on the corporation through yearly royalties.
Thundermail seems cool at least, as an encrypted email service.
Thundermail seems cool at least
Thunder* is developed by a separate corporation, they’re just both subsidiaries of the mozilla foundation. Also mzla is pretty much financially independent due to individual donations.
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/10/state-of-the-bird-2024-25/
as an encrypted email service.
You can send e2ee emails with thunderbird.
