It’s likely that Hackaday readers have among them a greater than average number of people who can name one special thing they did on September 23rd, 2002. On that day a new web browser was re…
  • Ardens@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    I don’t think that people can… And most don’t even know, that they already use algorithms like the one in FF, on a daily basis, in Adobe-programs, in Spotify, in Youtube, on FB, and so forth… And FF is keeping peoples privacy, and the “AI” local… And the others I mentioned don’t do that. They profile and sell, every facking one of them…

    I have actually been able to “sell” Firefox to some people who wasn’t ready to switch before, because they like AI… And they also like privacy…

    But there will always be some, that will insist on something being bad - they need to keep their crusade going.

    • IanTwenty@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      I think some of the answer is expressed in the article:

      To service and retain this loyal userbase then, you might imagine that Mozilla would address their needs and concerns with what made Phoenix a great first version back in 2002. A lightweight and versatile standards-compliant and open-source web browser with acceptable privacy standards, and without any other non-browser features attached to it. Just a browser, only a browser, and above all, a fast browser.

      Instead, Mozilla appear to be following a course calculated to alarm rather than retain these users. Making themselves an AI-focused organisation, neglecting their once-unbeatable developer network, and trying to sneak data gathering into their products.