Mozilla's New CEO: It's Time to Evolve Firefox Into an AI Browser (www.pcmag.com)
from cm0002@literature.cafe to privacy@lemmy.ca on 17 Dec 08:02
https://literature.cafe/post/26982596

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katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 17 Dec 08:11 next collapse

Aaaand that’s me uninstalling Firefox

reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Dec 08:47 collapse

LibreWolf will likely be a good replacement.

galoisghost@aussie.zone on 17 Dec 13:19 collapse

My biggest problem with these forks is they’re still reliant on Firefox itself.

I feel like we need a clean break.

reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Dec 13:21 next collapse

I hear you and I agree, but for now it’s the best we’ve got.

hellfire103@lemmy.ca on 17 Dec 15:03 collapse

WebKit (e.g. GNOME Web, vimb, surf) is always there, and Servo is coming on leaps and bounds.

Also, for your consideration, there are:

  • w3m (text-based, but supports displaying images with sixel, kitty, or framebuffer)
  • Links2 (surprisingly usable)
  • Dillo (better engine, but less features)
  • NetSurf (better again, but you can’t use a custom search engine and the JS engine doesn’t seem to work)
  • Chawan (text-based, but actually supports modern HTML and CSS; can display images using sixel or kitty; also supports gemini[^1])
  • Ladybird (bad dev, good product)
  • Stargate & Duckling (HTTP to Gemini[^1] proxies, so you can browse the web with Lagrange)
  • Pale Moon & Basilisk (based on a fork of Gecko; still use XUL; may be a bit less secure, but disable JS and you might be alright)

Of course Librewolf, Waterfox, Tor Browser, ans Mullvad Browser are doing their best to resist the bullshit.

[^1]: The network protocol; not the LLM.

gtr@programming.dev on 17 Dec 08:42 next collapse

Oh god please, no!

hperrin@lemmy.ca on 17 Dec 08:52 next collapse

🤮

lurch@sh.itjust.works on 17 Dec 09:55 next collapse

Seen on Imgur earlier:

<img alt="Screenshot of a message about Firefox joining the browsers hammering their own genitals" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/4a03a930-825a-42c1-bbc5-543bbdd5aff6.jpeg">

Source: imgur.com/gallery/zQCk3V2 (But apparently Imgur is using AI in moderation now and users complain about deleted images. So who knows if this will be gone soon.)

robocall@lemmy.world on 17 Dec 10:24 next collapse

But lemmy taught me a couple years ago to use Firefox instead of chrome and now I don’t know what to use next

DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca on 17 Dec 10:57 next collapse

Give Vivaldi a look

rozodru@pie.andmc.ca on 17 Dec 12:58 collapse

there’s still plenty of firefox forks you can use that won’t go this ai route or will simply turn it off by default. Librewolf, mullvad, zen, floorp, etc.

if you want to go the chrome route there’s vivaldi although for whatever reason lately it doesn’t save anything when i’m using it on nixos and it’s kind of an ugly bloated mess now.

I use Qutebrowser so I have none of the issues from either.

LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works on 17 Dec 11:55 next collapse

Recently switched to Mullvad, I like it

xyro@lemmy.ca on 17 Dec 12:59 next collapse

Sad to see Mozilla becoming what they were supposed to protect us from…

PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works on 17 Dec 13:26 collapse

I can’t stand the massive rage boner Lemmy has with AI. As soon as it’s mentioned you all start frothing at the mouth. Fucking chill.

wizblizz@lemmy.world on 17 Dec 15:32 collapse

Found the slop enjoyer.

PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works on 17 Dec 18:20 collapse

Or maybe I’m just tired of every thread being filled with AI complaints. I’m not taking sides, I’m just tired of the constant complaining.

But if you all want to keep wasting your time and energy bitching about this shit on fucking Lemmy of all places, you do you. I’m sure it’s helping…someone.

I should’ve know better, complaining about complainers never helps. I’ll go back to using Lemmy less and less cause I’m tired of all you miserable twats.