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nixCraft 馃惂
nixCraft 馃惂
@nixCraft@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

Mozilla's Betrayal of Open Source: Google's Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/12/08/mozillas-betrayal-of-open-source-googles-gemini-ai-is-overwriting-volunteer-work-on-support-mozilla.html

Firefox and Mozilla are a lost cause because their management has gone full AI-crazy like Microsoft, believing this is the next big thing. It's sad that they are removing volunteer work and replacing it with AI, then adding LLMs to Firefox. They clearly don't understand why people go out of their way to install their browser

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Adam
Adam
@adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

@nixCraft

I don't know who is pulling the strings in Mozilla H.Q. but I guess its corpos like Mark Surman, Laura Chambers, John Dickerson, Nabiha Syed, and Brad Smallwood who will leave a legacy of running the only usable mainstream open source web browser into the ground and irreversibly destroying whatever trust users had left in the Mozilla brand

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Jerked Gherkins
Jerked Gherkins
@jerkedgherkins@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

yo, this is juicier than a pickle in a gourmet brine! like, how did we let google pull this? betrayal level: straight outta the pickle jar! 馃

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Brokar
Brokar
@Brokar@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

@nixCraft I couldn't care less about AI as long as it's OPT-IN.

Even it's turned on by default, if i can completely switch it off they can put in whatever they want.
The line is there when it's not optional anymore.

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Scotty Trees
Scotty Trees
@scottytrees@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

@nixCraft I'd still rather use Firefox than Chrome or Brave, yucky!

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Federation Bot
Federation Bot
@Federation_Bot replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

@nixCraft Sweet. On my way of trying Vivaldi.

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Adrien Plazas
Adrien Plazas
@KekunPlazas@mamot.fr replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

@nixCraft It's time to double-down on WebKit and Servo, we *really* would be in trouble without @igalia working on these.

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Piotr Gaczkowski
Piotr Gaczkowski
@DoomHammerNG@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

@nixCraft is it possible to call for the leadership step down in a meaningful way? Some no-trust vote or whatever? I assume there are still some sane people aboard?

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nixCraft 馃惂
nixCraft 馃惂
@nixCraft@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

The worst part is they are not listening to feedback from their users, volunteers, or devs, all while their directors collect fat salaries and ruin the products. What a disaster. They are running it like big tech or hot startup that cannot survive without using LLM.

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