EinatYahav to [email protected]English • 2 years agoMozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefoxarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square327fedilinkarrow-up1643cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1643external-linkMozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefoxarstechnica.comEinatYahav to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square327fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarehue2hri19linkfedilinkEnglish40•2 years agoThat’s a very good way of me leaving Firefox behind…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoIf the past is any indication, it’ll either be off by default or you can turn it off. So maybe it isnt’ all the drama that people make it sound like.
minus-squarejeevalinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoBut it’s a hellishly expensive thing that seems to not attract enjoyment from current Firefox users, and seems unlikely to bring new users, and (again) seems to be prioritised over other things that could better use the money, like developers, so… Why.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish28•2 years agoTo go where, though? Lynx? Everything else is Chromium and that’s not much better.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoTo a Gemini reader. Kristall is nice. Lagrange is … interesting.
minus-squarehue2hri19linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoLibrewolf. If all else fails I’ll pop my old Emacs config and browse whichever websites I can there
minus-squareMeanEYElinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoAm smelling a Firefox fork. Though if AI is anything malicious you can rest assured Debian folks would declaw it.
That’s a very good way of me leaving Firefox behind…
Librewolf is a nice fork of Firefox
If the past is any indication, it’ll either be off by default or you can turn it off. So maybe it isnt’ all the drama that people make it sound like.
But it’s a hellishly expensive thing that seems to not attract enjoyment from current Firefox users, and seems unlikely to bring new users, and (again) seems to be prioritised over other things that could better use the money, like developers, so…
Why.
To go where, though? Lynx? Everything else is Chromium and that’s not much better.
To a Gemini reader. Kristall is nice. Lagrange is … interesting.
Librewolf. If all else fails I’ll pop my old Emacs config and browse whichever websites I can there
Am smelling a Firefox fork. Though if AI is anything malicious you can rest assured Debian folks would declaw it.