Riley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoMozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AItechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkMozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AItechcrunch.comRiley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square99fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months 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-square0x1C3B00DA@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agohow will putting AI in Firefox get them funding?
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThat’s not what they’re doing. They’re going to focus on two separate products: Firefox and AI.
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months 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-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoso they build the thing that pretty much everyone is running at a loss…
minus-squareInfiniWheel@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoArguably the issue here is that Firefox pays too many of the bills, directly from its main competitor
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYeah, fair I could have worded that better. Finding better ways of funding is the goal
minus-squareScratch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoAnd sometimes, those searches will end in failure. Resulting in what we’re seeing today.
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
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
so they build the thing that pretty much everyone is running at a loss…
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.