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   Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 10:39:34 JST Brodie Robertson

   Mozilla has been in a weird state for many years now, under the tenure of Mitchell Baker they were spending money on every possible thing except for the browser in the hopes that something sticks, now under Laura Chambers they've pivoted hard into private AI. I don't know what to make of it but I'm enjoying the show.

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     matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 10:46:49 JST matthew - retroedge.tech

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     I agree that it has been a slow descent into a weird state of affairs with Mozilla.
     
     I used to be a huge Mozilla fan. I still use Firefox and Thunderbird, but the excitement for them are gone. I now also use the Brave web browser in addition to Firefox.
     
     Mitchell Baker writing an official blog post calling for more censorship, "We need more de-platforming" just seemed so at odds with the "open web" message they had previously promoted.
     
     Their doubling down on AI now just seems like they are intentionally running Mozilla into the ground.
     
     #mozilla #brave #firefox #ai
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     Edinbruh (edinbruh@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 20:51:35 JST Edinbruh

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     @BrodieOnLinux well, at least, AI translation running locally is cool, when it works. And we also got Rust, Webassembly and WebGPU out of their side projects.

     Unfortunately we cannot afford to lose Firefox. It's the last thing between Chrome/WebKit and the world