by al_borland
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- I’m not sure he knows the type of person that actually uses Firefox.
> Enzor-DeMeo says it is important that AI features in Firefox are “something people can easily turn off”.
It seems like it should be opt-in instead of opt-out. At the very least, ask up front, and have a single switch to make it like it’s not there at all.
by Squeeze2664
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- I was going to switch to Waterfox in light of this news, but a cursory search revealed that it, too, was sold to an advertising company not long ago. While they have published a blog post opposing Mozilla's AI stance, I'm really past the point of giving ad companies any benefit of the doubt.
I'm looking into Librewolf now.
The browser situation grows more grim by the day.
- Ideally, you don't need a "turn off" button. If you find the need to add a Disable button, the feature you're adding maybe already too on-the-nose.
How about if I need an AI to read the page, I could just right-click and select? It's the same way how the screenshot feature currently works.
(Wait, I just right-clicked and discovered there's a AI item on the menu. Maybe it's already how it works? If so, then it's not very on-the-nose and I can accept it existing)
> The bulk of Mozilla’s revenue coming from its Google search deal.
Just show a donation message already. If Wikipedia can collect that much donations just for hosting a set of websites, Mozilla, who's doing some really important work for the Internet and maybe humanity at this point, can only collect more.
- Welp, I guess Firefox forks are gonna get a lot more users in the near future. Hopefully turning off the ai features will be an available option as mentioned, but hopefully they'll be off by default.
- At this point, is there any full-featured browser that is neither Blink-based nor burdened by a metric tonne of junk? With the way Firefox is going, Safari might well be the sole survivor, which is not a state of affairs I'm particularly happy with.
by protocolture
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- I use firefox for work, and I am pretty cool with that. The other "approved" browser we have is edge which is fine, and edge actually replaced Chrome entirely when it was approved. I cant remember what caused Chrome to be dropped, but I imagine it was less impressive than a boatload of opt out AI features.
Now I am going to have to propose the canonisation of one of Firefox's forks, which will be difficult because we are sensitive to supply chain issues.
- It bothers me that it's not even a "AI web browser", but an "AI browser". I don't want to browse "AI", I want access to the web.
- CEO's job has become easy. Just slap AI in the product and profit millions in bonus.
by airstrike
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- I've been on Firefox for decades and I'm 100% ready to jump ship.
Tried Zen today and it didn't feel right—felt too much like it wanted to be Arc but ended up a bit frankenstein-y in the process.
Open to suggestions that aren't Arc or Brave, if anyone has them!
- I use Firefox personally, where do people who care about privacy go? For those of you who’ve already given up on Firefox (I can understand why..), where did you go?
- Well folks, there's very few places to go now.
by aedC0fGXvjdxa
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- I’m a heavy user of Firefox and AI, and I believe that close collaboration between browsers and AI is a must-have feature. The only question is: can I trust Firefox to do it right?
by kennywinker
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- Yikes. I do not want this.
by dSebastien
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- Can't they bring people like Tristan Nitot back? :(
by classified
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- > a prompt-driven interface powered by a cloud AI provider of your choice
So if I don't have any such provider, am I safe from AI?
And what about local models?
by buggymcbugfix
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- Now this makes me genuinely curious: is there a browser which respects privacy, that is usable?
by ChrisArchitect
1 subcomments
- [dupe]
Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288491
Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299934
No AI* Here – A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46295268
Make Me CEO of Mozilla
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46303809
by Kim_Bruning
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- If I find another browser that runs Readability and Tree Style Tabs, I'd be very tempted to switch by now!
by burnt-resistor
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- Fuck these private equity, corporate douchebags who never listen to users and do dumb shit "their" way.
- This is dumb, not because the idea is particularly bad, but because the idea is not something that benefits from Firefox's current market position.
by camillomiller
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- Well, that’s terrible. And honestly a quite ill-informed bet that could destroy Firefox’s reputation.
by harshreality
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- [flagged]
by ruicraveiro
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- Here's my answer to this:
sudo apt remove firefox-esr
Done.
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