ThePfromtheO<p>"<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> has missed so many boats that it's not even funny to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/catalog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catalog</span></a> them, but sadly, I must."<br>"Most of the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> runs on <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a>, as it has for 20-plus years. You might think Mozilla would, say, buy and integrate an <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a>. Acquiring <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> has been a thing for a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/decade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decade</span></a>. Other <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> integrate ad-blocking, and you don't even need something controversial like <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Brave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brave</span></a> – for instance, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VivaldiBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VivaldiBrowser</span></a> has offered it for years. Many of the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/team" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>team</span></a> behind <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> previously made <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opera</span></a>, and it <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/blocked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocked</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> too. (Soon afterwards, the company sold it to a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> group.)<br>But no. Instead, Mozilla goes and buys an <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a> firm and then removes its promise not to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/sell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sell</span></a> your <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>. Once again, it's as if the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> were actively trying to work out the worst direction to turn."<br>"The <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> trend is a cult now for many.<br>Whither Mozilla? Oh, it built a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a> into its docs <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>server</span></a> in 2023, then promptly had to turn it off again. Its <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/chief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chief</span></a> product <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/officer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>officer</span></a> was quite gung-ho about AI in early 2024. He left the company soon afterwards.</p><p>In 2024, Mozilla made more layoffs and announced it would invest in open source <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>. This year, Mozilla finally integrated a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/vertical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vertical</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/tab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tab</span></a> bar into <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> and, you guessed it, built an AI <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> into it. You can, at least, turn it off."</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a></p>