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It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
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this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
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Firefox to evolve into not existing.
Yeah I just don't understand the strategy here. You're not going to Out-AI Google and Microsoft, and so I don't know who both wants an "AI Browser" but wants an alternative to the offerings of those companies.
Usually i would say people just won't care. But firefox only has like a 2% user base anyway, and that makes me think that it's mainly by enthusiasts, and they are more likely to just hop off. I hope they go down with their shitty AI and set an example.
But why !? Chatbots are useful enough, I don't need AI anywhere else than when I explicitly choose to use it on my terms !
You wanna make money ? Make a chatbot that lies less and/or doesn't reinforce people into their delusions, or one that runs for cheaper, or both.
AI is useful. Just like knives are useful. Doesn't mean I want every object I own to also somehow be or contain multiple knives 😅
More often than not, a faster horse is actually all we need.
If they truly believe in their AI offerings, they should release them as an extension so users can choose to install them. You only bundle shit people don't want. If it's good, you distribute it stand-alone.
It's not possible to bundle everything as an extension. Some things do not work that way.
The people are the product. You think anything is built for the end users benefit? These things only exist to spy on you, track you and spam ads for the benefit of a few billionaires that are In power so the can further enrich themselves and hold onto/increase their power.
Chrome =/= Chromium, like Android =/= AOSP folks.. just to clarify.
Some aggressive and/or anti user changes in Chromium for Chrome are very difficult to change back and maintain, just look at Brave differences.
And Android isn't publishing the source code publicly, only as a dump from time to time, so open source projects do not get access to security updates & new features...
I'm sorry to tell you this but open source is NOT in a good place right now. Companies dominate and destroy, with fancy ribbons on top. What we need is a model outside of capitalism, where projects made for humanity can be created without needing to make investors richer.
Bring on ladybird!
ladybird devs are right wing garbage and the entire project is backed by big tech cloudflare
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