A few things come to mind… for me the main reasons are:
The new Mozilla CEO pushes AI into Firefox, and for now it seems that it will be an Opt-out procedure to get rid of it. As a software developer with a bit of technical knowledge about ML and LLMs I have a deep mistrust against C-Level types blabbering on about AI as our lord and savior.
Mozilla is funded heavily by Google. Almost 85% of Mozilla’s funds come from Search engine deals with Google. Google itself is one of the top 3 megacorps when it comes to surveillance capitalism, erosion of privacy and enshittification. You guessed it, that’s not very trustworthy to me either.
There are more reasons, but I’m not a fucking wikipedia. Look it up if you really want to know.
Also I think it is good to have a choice, especially in the browser market where Chrome, Edge (MS-flavoured Chrome) and Firefox are the only viable mainstream choices for most people. If you’re happy with Firefox, good for you. But there are valid reasons not to be.
So far it’s just a tiny button in the bottom left corner that can be removed with two clicks. If it escalates then maybe I will worry.
That’s fair but at the same time, at least it’s a funded OSS project?
I can agree that Firefox isn’t always taking the perfectly moral stance on every issue, but I just don’t yet see a deal breaker materializing in the browser itself.
A few things come to mind… for me the main reasons are:
Also I think it is good to have a choice, especially in the browser market where Chrome, Edge (MS-flavoured Chrome) and Firefox are the only viable mainstream choices for most people. If you’re happy with Firefox, good for you. But there are valid reasons not to be.
I can agree that Firefox isn’t always taking the perfectly moral stance on every issue, but I just don’t yet see a deal breaker materializing in the browser itself.