EinatYahav to TechnologyEnglish • 8 months agoMozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefoxarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square329fedilinkarrow-up1709arrow-down133cross-posted to: [email protected]technology[email protected]
arrow-up1676arrow-down1external-linkMozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefoxarstechnica.comEinatYahav to TechnologyEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square329fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]technology[email protected]
minus-square@ikiddlinkEnglish13•8 months agoIf the past is any indication, it’ll either be off by default or you can turn it off. So maybe it isnt’ all the drama that people make it sound like.
minus-square@jeevalinkEnglish1•8 months agoBut it’s a hellishly expensive thing that seems to not attract enjoyment from current Firefox users, and seems unlikely to bring new users, and (again) seems to be prioritised over other things that could better use the money, like developers, so… Why.
If the past is any indication, it’ll either be off by default or you can turn it off. So maybe it isnt’ all the drama that people make it sound like.
But it’s a hellishly expensive thing that seems to not attract enjoyment from current Firefox users, and seems unlikely to bring new users, and (again) seems to be prioritised over other things that could better use the money, like developers, so…
Why.