h o ʍ l e t tDec 17

→ Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an #AI future for #Firefox
https://www.theverge.com/tech/845216/mozilla-ceo-anthony-enzor-demeo

“Mozilla’s #ad business is important and growing, he says, and he worries "about things going behind paywalls, becoming more closed off." […] #Mozilla believes in the value of an #open and free (and thus ad-supported) #web.”

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Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo says he thinks Mozilla and Firefox still have a role to play in the web, even as things shift toward AI.

The Verge
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I guess this is the worst possible analysis of the current situation. The ad #economy is the original sin of the web: it leads to the #attention economy, therefore to the commodification of #privacy, therefore to #clickbaits, therefore to “fake news”, therefore to the #polarization of public opinion, therefore to #populism, and so on until we are where we are.
Dec 17 at 4:17pmWeb
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It also leads to #BigTech gathering huge amounts of #data, therefore to #wealth and #power concentration, therefore to tech bros. Not to an “open” web.

Using #Firefox is one of those tiny things we do to fight. A shame its CEO doesn't get it.

(For real, we use @librewolf or @zenbrowser of course, both based -but dependent- on Firefox.)