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karebu

@h Oh my goddess... ju-... FUCK YOU, MOZILLA!! FUCK!! YOU!! 🖕

Zen Heathen

@h Well, I already said goodbye to Firefox. (Except the AI-free Firefox fork Zen Browser, better in every way.)

Zen Heathen

@DarkAthena Well, my UBlock Origin is working just fine... And by signing in, my old Firefox passwords and bookmarks were right there... Smooth as glass, and the interface is beautiful and customizable.

@h

Zen Heathen

@DarkAthena The sole developer of Zen is here on Mastodon, and he runs the subreddit, in case you run into trouble.

@h

Sherlock Hawk

@h It's just an extension, not part of the browser, why is everyone so heated

Frost :neodog_flag_trans:

@SherlockHawk @h Well, screenshot was an extension before it was added. So it's possible it could be added in the future. But ignoring speculation, It's just upsetting Mozilla is making a generative AI bullshit thing in general.

Juho Mäntysalo

@SherlockHawk @h

Supposedly the work spend on this is away from somewhere else.

Plus, you know: where do they get the raw data, how much energy and water does the upkeep consume, etc.

Sherlock Hawk

@iju @h It wasn't that much work, the model it's just mystral 7b, they didn't invest in any training, they just host the model for people to use.

alcinnz

@SherlockHawk @h Most of those here aren't upset by it are indifferent, & don't comment.

iAmAnEngarneer

@h goobye information, hello torment nexus

Edan Osborne 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸

@h Firefox forks will hold for now, but in the long-term...

Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, pulling a large cart in a grey suit with a yellow tie, captioned "I go to WebKit"
Starstorm/Cyberlux

@EdanOsborne @h Unfortunately, no solid WebKit-based browser for Windows exists, so that's not an option for those users. (I wish it did, though)

Edan Osborne 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸

@starstorm_x1 @h My god... I checked everywhere and found that that's been the case since QtWebKit was discontinued. Why hasn't anyone done anything about this?

We know from Evince, AbiWord, and Gnumeric that GTK2 can run on Windows, so it shouldn't be too difficult. However, I don't want to touch Windows, so it's probably not a project I'll be undertaking anytime soon.

Then again, it could be useful for ReactOS. Maybe I'll load up an old copy of Anjuta and see what I can cook up...

Miff 🦎:heart_nb:

@h Here's hoping that Waterfox rips this out like it does Pocket and other Mozilla junk.

hazel

@miff its not built in, just an extension, thankfully

Starstorm/Cyberlux

@h Heh, "say goodbye to information" feels like the motto of the past few years. I'm now feeling nostalgic for information...

Dragon-sided D

@h even as an AI enthusiast, as a FireFox donor I am pissed

People give $ to FF because we want an open source free noncommercial browser AND THAT'S IT

Unix philosophy: do one thing, and do it well

hazel

@dragonsidedd it’s just an extension luckily- it is separated! but still get it being annoying for mozilla to do at all

scttgard

@h

I left months ago when they hinted at all this crap. Sad times people. Now using Librewolf and all the extentions are available and none of the new "add ons".

DELETED

@h
When it shows up, I'll turn it off. If it's an extension, it should be optional anyway.

Ned Hairston :hehim:

@h I feel validated in my decision to switch to Mercury.

sarah 🦦

@h i think at one point ill main elinks

Juho Mäntysalo

@h

Wow, they really know what their users want.

And then they run away from it.

sodigay :pride_heart:

@h@social.besties.house

it's worth noting that this is a poorly truncated page title. it seems to be fixed in Google's search index by now, since I could not observe the same truncation point, but still lol. here's the full title

Firefox Browser Launches Orbit AI Assistant: Say Goodbye to Information Overload and Embrace an Efficient Browsing Experience!

nyx

@h Had a short look - so this is not running local anymore?

Good, business decision, I heard that they hired someone who excels in the modern art of informationless allknowing, so this makes sense.

Jac (day/dhem)

@h say hello to misinformation!
Al: Abject lies

catraxx

@h "A Firefox extension to convert a lengthy text into complete and utter nonsense ..."

dread

@h in today's roundup of shit that nobody asked for:

Spike :transgender_flag:

@h I actually kind of knew this was going to happen, I was messing around with sidebar flags in earlier versions of Firefox (really, LibreWolf) and found browser.ml.chat.sidebar (and browser.shopping.experience2023), so you bet Mozilla's going to follow some trends soon enough here

hazel

@error420 its not there by default its an extension

solastalgia kris

@h

Thank God information is over, time to head empty no thoughts 🥰

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