Riley to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoMozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AItechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1303arrow-down1external-linkMozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AItechcrunch.comRiley to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square100fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareStevelinkfedilinkEnglish123•1 year agoCan they just focus on the browser? I really don’t need the AI stuff.
minus-square@NotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilink49•1 year agoThe issue is that Firefox alone doesn’t pay the bills and I’d imagine they really want to get away from being dependent on the Google deal they have. We don’t need AI stuff but if they can get some good funding from it, they can put more into the browser
minus-square@InfiniWheel@lemmy.onelinkfedilink28•1 year agoArguably the issue here is that Firefox pays too many of the bills, directly from its main competitor
minus-square@NotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilink7•1 year agoYeah, fair I could have worded that better. Finding better ways of funding is the goal
minus-squareScratchlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoAnd sometimes, those searches will end in failure. Resulting in what we’re seeing today.
minus-square@vrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink8•1 year agoso they build the thing that pretty much everyone is running at a loss…
minus-square@pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilink8•1 year agoThat’s not what they’re doing. They’re going to focus on two separate products: Firefox and AI.
minus-square@Blisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink2•1 year agoAnd maybe merge the two, like adding a tldr feature to reader mode, instead of an obnoxious sidebar like a lot of browsers right now
minus-square@5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink10•1 year agoIf AI stays, Mozilla would be better off to still have some irons in the fire.
minus-square@Secret300@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilink1•1 year agoI wish they’d do both but separately
Can they just focus on the browser? I really don’t need the AI stuff.
The issue is that Firefox alone doesn’t pay the bills and I’d imagine they really want to get away from being dependent on the Google deal they have.
We don’t need AI stuff but if they can get some good funding from it, they can put more into the browser
Arguably the issue here is that Firefox pays too many of the bills, directly from its main competitor
Yeah, fair I could have worded that better. Finding better ways of funding is the goal
And sometimes, those searches will end in failure. Resulting in what we’re seeing today.
so they build the thing that pretty much everyone is running at a loss…
how will putting AI in Firefox get them funding?
That’s not what they’re doing. They’re going to focus on two separate products: Firefox and AI.
And maybe merge the two, like adding a tldr feature to reader mode, instead of an obnoxious sidebar like a lot of browsers right now
If AI stays, Mozilla would be better off to still have some irons in the fire.
I wish they’d do both but separately