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Firefox browser falls to AI. What do we do now? (pivot-to-ai.com)
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where ‘absolutely not’ means ‘maybe later’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c40irxnC_qM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251223-firefox-browser-falls-to-ai-what-do-we-do-now - podcast

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

Just pick one - All Fox functionality without bloatware

Librewolf

Waterfox

Floorp

[–] TrashGoblin@awful.systems 2 points 2 hours ago

Zen is AI free, at least so far.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 2 hours ago

sadly, Floorp is going AI browser. I mean, "choice" to pick the bits of rat poop out browser.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I think I already said this but you're not making me use something called "Floorp" even if it's the last piece of software in the world. Just come on.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

I used Floorp for a while. (The search engine that dominated the industry was named for a child's nonsense-babble word for 10^100; nobody has a leg to stand on here.) It had a rare but persistent (and thus difficult to diagnose) problem of crashing my laptop hard when opening a private-mode window. Also, they're planning to incorporate AI on an "opt-in" basis instead of rejecting it on moral grounds.

[–] figjam@midwest.social 7 points 4 hours ago

So thats a no on "Floorp" then. Good

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 5 points 4 hours ago

The search engine that dominated the industry was named for a child’s nonsense-babble word for 10^100;

And how did that work out in the long term? There were warning signs!