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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@S1m/116127178349448562
Dear Mozilla,
Please do more of THIS kind of Firefox improvements, and less wasting time on AI features that very few, if any, are asking for.
Thanks,
A very long-time Firefox user
The problem with Mozilla is that the leadership is still not listening to the community and prioritizing irrelevant aspects of its products.
Firefox, a flagship Mozilla's product, could be a strong competitor to Chrome, Edge and other browsers if Mozilla would start taking care of what people think and what features they expect. Adding AI, without previously seeking the opinion of the community (it could be done even by simple poll), is a good example of it.
Nowadays, almost all browsers are adding AI chatbots or try to be "agentic browsers", which actually is more fancy name for data mining than offering convenience and security.
Mozilla, which could present alternative direction, is jumping on this ship, making community to be upset about it. Even if Mozilla would like to add AI features, it could do it more properly by making it as opt-out by default and informing the user about possibility to turn on such a feature.
Instead of pushing AI and trying to change itself into a company offering another AI browser, Mozilla should better allocate resources into development of Gecko or Servo (the latter seems to be soon supported by Huawei which wants to use it for its Huawei Browser). This would improve performance of Firefox and make the browser to be better for users.
I remember times when Firefox was great browser with good performance and focus on privacy. It represented a clear mission and vision of the Internet. I know that Mozilla is facing many issues, which also affect it financially, but the organization needs to work more with the community and to find its place among others.
I'm not going to recommend other browser in this post because it's not the point of it, but Mozilla lacks ideas on how to position itself. This would be a big problem sooner than later as organizations that don't know how to position themselves are always moving to a path of decline.
Mozilla still has some time to work on it, but the clock is ticking.
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Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-has-over-6-of-the-desktop-market-yes-you-read-that-right-heres-how/ by @sjvn
No, not 5%. #Linux currently accounts for 6% of the desktop market, according to US government records.
@n_dimension @jbqueru There's an excellent bit of wisdom in “Do not remove a fence until you know why it was put up in the first place.”
It's so apt for fences, legacy code, and regulations. None of these things spring up just for fun, yet too often there is a rush to discount the blood, sweat, and tears that went into them because the problem that they're alleviating is no longer apparent.
"Legacy code" is often code that you want to replace because you don't understand it. The problem is, before you can replace it, you need to understand it, and, once you understand it, replacing it is rarely the cheapest option any more.
Framework turned 5 years old this week! 7 laptop launches, 32 countries, and 60 team members later, we’re still just getting started. We have most of an industry left to fix.
Today, we’re sharing **the original game plan** we wrote in **2019** before starting.
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