jonny (good kind)May 29
Every time I read a mozilla product blogpost I get more convinced that whoever is writing them has left earth long ago and is writing them from an increasingly distant part of the universe that bends all communication into the register of a maniacal product manager, and the only way they have of signaling something has gone wrong with their shuttle is by heightening the self-evident contradictions between the self praise and the content of the blog posts they are indentured to write
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/
Investing in what moves the internet forward | The Mozilla Blog

Firefox is the only major browser not backed by a billionaire and our independence shapes everything we build. This independence allows us to prioritize bu

Show threadjonny (good kind)May 29

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Users can export saves anytime until October 8, 2025, after which their data will be permanently deleted. [...]

Meanwhile, new features like Tab Groups and enhanced bookmarks now provide built-in ways to manage reading lists easily. [...]

This shift allows us to shape the next era of the internet – with tools like vertical tabs, smart search and more AI-powered features on the way. We’ll continue to build a browser that works harder for you: more personal, more powerful and still proudly independent.

Show threadjonny (good kind)May 29

"We are stopping the thing that lets you make and share curated collections of offline pages with a little algorithmic affinity recommendation overlay because people don't want to manage reading lists and want to only have algorithmic recommendations.

Don't worry we basically fully replaced them with bookmarks (??) and a different tab orientation (??) because people still want to manage reading lists (??). But you can't actually import your pocket export to those things, and since they don't actually replace them we won't just move your data to them and will just delete it in a few months.

In conclusion, this is why pivoting to focus on the same gimmicks everyone else is focusing on and transitioning your personalized collections to generic AI slop reflects our being the most independent organization ever (???) Which lets us prioritize personalization (????)"

excuse me can you repeat that? blink twice if you need someone to come get you

Show threadjonny (good kind)May 29
Having seen a bunch of writing on social media from ppl there and read a bunch of these blog posts, the corporate culture must be absolutely wild to allow this kind of completely 180 degree opposition between the choices they are making and internal heroism myths vs. the entire reason why the tiny tiny fraction of browser-using people use Firefox do so and literally everything that mozilla itself is saying about its values.
Show threadjonny (good kind)May 29
And like if it was just a normal for-profit corporation I wouldn't blink twice, I am aware of the need for diversification since their major source of revenue could potentially get cut down to $0 pretty soon, but a lot of this is just a total self own and a totally mystifying one. There was an obvious route and they decided to throw it into reverse and drive through the garage door instead.
Show threaddaveMay 29
@jonny They do all they can to make your data available to Google and Amazon, relentlessly.
Heads up I tagged them in the other comment I posted.
Show threadjonny (good kind)May 29
@hologram
Not too worried about the mozilla tag, honestly if it evoked any response from the pr intern that would make my night because the corporate messaging disfunction would be too funny to handle at that point.
Show threaddave

@jonny Well, I only started into it to get rid of all the "pings". It's more than that, the push facility and "shopping" are very noisy. Don't miss "shopping" in about:config
The the controlling IPs from Google and Amazon prevented me from changing the settings. I had to make sure they were blocked.
You might also find a Fastly address.

Do check this --
"browser.shopping.experience2023.active false"

May 29 at 1:51pmWeb
Show threaddaveMay 29

@jonny

Ask: who owns your desktop, and the browser you use on the OS you have installed?

Not #Mozilla Not any more.

Some of us are looking for a return of #Iceweasel it has never completely disappeared.