EinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefoxarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square333fedilinkarrow-up1708arrow-down132cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1676arrow-down1external-linkMozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefoxarstechnica.comEinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square333fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarewitx@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down7·8 months agoThat’s a very good way of me leaving Firefox behind…
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·8 months agoTo go where, though? Lynx? Everything else is Chromium and that’s not much better.
minus-squareMeanEYE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoAm smelling a Firefox fork. Though if AI is anything malicious you can rest assured Debian folks would declaw it.
minus-squarewitx@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoLibrewolf. If all else fails I’ll pop my old Emacs config and browse whichever websites I can there
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoTo a Gemini reader. Kristall is nice. Lagrange is … interesting.
minus-squareLemmy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoLibrewolf is a nice fork of Firefox
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months 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-squarejeeva@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months 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.
That’s a very good way of me leaving Firefox behind…
To go where, though? Lynx? Everything else is Chromium and that’s not much better.
Am smelling a Firefox fork. Though if AI is anything malicious you can rest assured Debian folks would declaw it.
Librewolf. If all else fails I’ll pop my old Emacs config and browse whichever websites I can there
To a Gemini reader. Kristall is nice. Lagrange is … interesting.
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.