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The beauty of #Mozilla coming out against regulating #Google because they depend on the money Google pays them is that we're only a few years away from them saying that we can't regulate #AI companies for the very same reason -
"The AI #LLM companies pay us, and wouldn't it be a pity if #firefox went away if you regulate them?"
Mozilla now seems to want to entrench the worst of the web, as long as they get a cut of the proceeds.
@darkbeth@mastodon.coffee @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org hopefully we have to worry about that only a few years until independent engines become usable. #Verso and #Ladybird are candidates if #mozilla codebase rots. GNOME Web / #epiphany is another browser that has an engine not depending on Google (Apple webkit engine though, but at it it will be a real competition and even though they are bad to their own usets, they are not as powerful on the web like Google).
RE: https://marius.blog/firefox-155-ai-kill-switch-retest/
Mozilla released Firefox 155 yesterday, so I took another look at its AI kill switch. The switch has grown since Firefox 148, but telemetry and advertising remain active. I retested it with Wireshark, and Mozilla’s internal reaction to my previous findings became part of the story too.
#Firefox #Mozilla #AI #Privacy #OpenSource
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Firefox’s AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn’t.
My Wireshark test of Firefox 148 showed that its AI kill switch disables generative features, but leaves telemetry and advertising untouched. Six months later, Mozilla’s CEO has called the switch perhaps the most important AI feature of all. I retested it in Firefox 155.
Read the full article: https://marius.blog/firefox-155-ai-kill-switch-retest/
#AI #Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #privacy #telemetry
I spoke with @tante@tldr.nettime.org for this article.
Written by Marius Quabeck. Replies: @marius@social.nerdzoom.media
🦊 Firefox 158 released with JPEG XL support - OMG! Ubuntu
｢ Firefox’s Smart Window, the AI-powered browsing mode that uses a cloud-based provider like OpenAI and Alibaba to help you browse, can now fill in form fields for you, by pulling relevant info from your other open tabs or your saved autofill data ｣
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/firefox-158-released-with-jpeg-xl-support
#firefox #mozilla #opensource
Seize ownership. You fork, not to make another browser to compete, you fork to say "this is the source of truth now, out of Mozilla's hands". Fork #Firefox, call it NotFirefox (the name doesn't matter) and declare this as the place for volunteers to submit their MRs, all Firefox-based browsers commit to using that repo as their base. Take ownership of the community away from #Mozilla, make them have to do the merging and rebasing work for their AI shitbrowser.
#enshitfication #opensource
It wasn't on my "To Do" list to change browsers this week, but now it is. Disappointed in #Mozilla
Here is how I wasted the last 30 minutes with #mozilla #thunderbird
Suddenly, the "add attachment" dialogue window stopped appearing. I could not attach memes to my emails anymore.
I messed a bit around, unsuccessfully. Nothing appears anywhere in logs. I also checked #bugzilla , but that bug tracker is a huge mess and I can't wrap my head around it.
Defeated, I tried #ai , which, I have to admit, helped. But not immediately. It went carefully through discarding possible culprits one by one, starting from the most common issues, until it found the cause.
The culprit, in my case, is a ridiculous #bug (anyone feel free to report it, I won't touch Bugzilla with a stick)
I deleted the last directory which I had last used to attach a file from. This path remains stored as default "last used" directory. Thunderbird did not find the directory anymore and decided to FREAK OUT SILENTLY instead of doing something sensible, like defaulting to my home, or at least alerting me that the directory could not be found.
I want my 30 minutes back :(
#rant #linux #opensource #foss #floss
Firefox 157 mit neuem Nova-Design
https://linuxnews.de/firefox-157-mit-neuem-nova-design/ #firefox #mozilla #browser #opensource #linuxnews
Replying to
窓の杜「Firefox」がフランス企業のAIモデル「Mistral Small 4」を導入、「Smart Window」で利用可能に／仏MistralとMozillaが提携、ビッグテックに依存しないAIの選択肢
https://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2141600.html
#forest_watch_impress #Firefox #Mozilla #Mistral_AI #Smart_Window #インターネット #Webブラウザー #Windows #Mac #Linux
WHY THE FUCK is #Mozilla #Thunderbird #Email client crashing (noping out / crash to desktop), when i click the reply button?! 🤬
I'm using the specimen via the #Manjaro #Linux repo - today/CURRENT version.
This is the 2nd time, it nope-crashed within ~2 weeks! (afaik, there's been 1 update)
Can someone fix this, please?! EMAIL app NEED to be reliable!
Thunderbird stellt Exchange Online auf Microsoft Graph um
Thunderbird bindet M365-Postfächer nativ über die Microsoft Graph API an. Das macht einen manuellen Wechsel für EWS-Konten nötig.
https://www.heise.de/news/Thunderbird-stellt-Exchange-Online-auf-Microsoft-Graph-um-11439383.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#Systemverwaltung #EMail #IT #Microsoft #MicrosoftExchange #Mozilla #MozillaThunderbird #news
Firefox’s AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn’t.
My Wireshark test of Firefox 148 showed that its AI kill switch disables generative features, but leaves telemetry and advertising untouched. Six months later, Mozilla’s CEO has called the switch perhaps the most important AI feature of all. I retested it in Firefox 155.
Read the full article: https://marius.blog/firefox-155-ai-kill-switch-retest/
#AI #Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #privacy #telemetry
I spoke with @tante@tldr.nettime.org for this article.
Written by Marius Quabeck. Replies: @marius@social.nerdzoom.media
Why I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi for browsing
Mozilla finally did it. They pissed me off enough that I've made the switch.
https://michaelharley.net/posts/2026/08/04/why-i-switched-from-firefox-to-vivaldi-for-browsing/
#Blaugust #Blaugust2026 #Firefox #Mozilla #Vivaldi #Privacy
What's a good alternative to #Mozilla #Firefox without crapware ? I just fresh installed it and had to remove widgets and VPN button. Then launched it again and some widgets and the VPN icon had come back!
Balls to this. I had already been thinking it has been crappifying for a bit and today is the lastni want to put up with it.
"A first look at Firefox's new Nova UI, with the return of compact mode, in Nightly channel"
"This new look introduces a more cohesive experience across tabs, menus, panels, and other browser surfaces. Mozilla has enabled theNova interfaceby default inFirefox's Nightly channel, marking a substantial update for early adopters."
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/a-first-look-at-firefox-s-new-nova-ui-with-the-return-of-compact-mode-in-nightly-channel/
#Firefox #Mozilla
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@aabh@functional.cafe But I thought the internet was changing again? People are still mean on the internet?
#mozilla #firefox #tech
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116975530665832960
Context: this is the (interim) VP of Firefox admitting that he doesn’t understand the purpose of the slack channel used to report and discuss negative online sentiment and PR about Mozilla.
#mozilla #firefox
Quoting
“Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
I’m so sorry, team. I did my best.
