Comment on Mozilla roll out first AI features in Firefox Nightly

• admin@lemmy.my-box.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  At least this is opt-in, and Firefox still allows for manifest v3 extensions, and, on the whole, isn’t using a engine funded by a billion dollar company that’s doing everything in it’s power to spy on you.

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah i was kinda overreacting but it really isnt looking good for firefoxes future at this point imo.

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  • dukethorion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Their whole company is funded by a billion dollar company that’s doing everything in its power to spy on you.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      So what’s the alternative that better

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  • ByteMe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You mean v2?

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    • admin@lemmy.my-box.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Ah, yes, I do.

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• Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Did you read the article? Why would adding an option to use ai in a side bar require shuttering a company?

  “this week, we will launch an opt-in experiment”

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  “those who have opted-in will have the option to access their preferred AI service from the Firefox sidebar”

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If you are so keen to know, then you will just have to wait a few more years. Firefoxes development is rapidly derailing into nonsense recently. They will have to either kick out their current leadership or they will be reduced to a data sucking, adware company sooner or later.

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    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Oh yes, as opposed to Google or Microsoft who definitely aren’t already data-sucking, predatory adware companies. No thanks, I’ll stick with the lesser evil.

      If you’re going to lie to everyone at least make it sound believable.

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      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Do you read any tech news? If so how did u miss every single mozilla headline of the past months? Something being the lesser evil doesnt turn truths into lies.

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• librejoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Who do we turn to for a browser? Not chromium based I don’t trust google codebase.

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah idk either sadly. But i know that having only two relevant browsers on the market is like the US party system. Destined to fail.

    Nothing lasts forever just like Steam or anything else will one day turn to shit. But pretending like everything is fine will just lead to lots of “we shouldve seen it coming”.

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    • librejoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I think it comes down to what you’re willing to sacrifice. If I can do banking that’s the hard line for me, so JS at the very least.

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  • mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Idk I still hope a Servo-based browser somehow materializes itself someday, but if/when that happens, who knows.

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