Hello @flytox , welcome to Mastodon!

(If you really want the full context, read this thread, but I do not recommend it. It will not make your life better. )

As for browsers, the situation is not great. ️

Just as a suggestion for a starting point:

Try out:

- Waterfox
- LibreWolf
- Vivaldi

Also follow them:

@Waterfox @librewolf @Vivaldi

and compare the way they interact with people in contrast to what you see in this thread.

Go. Outside. Touch. Grass. ️

And blink twice if you need help.

You do not have to write these little "comebacks". Everybody and their dog can see right through them, and they accomplish nothing, other than wasting your personal lifetime.

@jaffathecake @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard

To make one thing clear: I am not your mate, Jake.

By now, I am just a guy wondering what you are trying to achieve here, using both your work- and private account, working hard to alienate ex-Firefox-fans.

If this is your actual job: I feel sorry for you. Honestly. No sarcasm.

If not: for the love of god, go outside, touch grass, pet a dog, call a loved one.

Do literally *anything* except for whatever it is you are doing here. For your own sake.

@jaffathecake @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard

Ah, ok, this is the route you take. Of course. I should have know, my bad.

Can't believe I have to tell this to an adult on the internet, but quotation marks (despite their name) have countless uses other than quoting people, for example to highlight slang terms or sarcasm.

And, Jake, seriously:

This is your main takeaway from the message?

You honestly see this as a good use of your time?

@jaffathecake @jonny @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard

Stop portraying Mastodon users as the "anti-AI crazies".

Instead, ask yourself: "What is the relation between Mastodon users & Firefox?"

The answer:

An overwhelming number of Mastodon users used to be your champions.

They are tech people who used to recommend Firefox to the normies in their life. A crowd of mini-influencers, recommending your product.

And I don't understand why you go out of your way to alienate exactly these people.

@jonny @jaffathecake @firefoxwebdevs
@davidgerard

No, Jake, I am not aware of this, and I do not believe this to be true.

Mastodon users might be special in the way they articulate their opinion, but by no means does this represent a fringe notion.

See for example the links in the reply of @jonny, or the ongoing AI-vote by DuckDuckGo: https://voteyesornoai.com/.

Ask an arbitrary group of people head on if they want genAI directly built into their software, and they will overwhelmingly say "no".

@jaffathecake @firefoxwebdevs

Regarding "[...] I'm not personally in a position to action results of such a poll":

Are you in the position to bring up the results of such a poll in a meeting with your team & boss?

And if so, did you?

@jaffathecake @firefoxwebdevs

@firefoxwebdevs

What Mozilla did: ️

What the users actually wanted: ️

Duke of Germany 💫 (@duke_of_germany@mastodon.gamedev.place)

Let's ask the real question: Firefox users, do you want any AI directly built into Firefox, or separated out into extensions? @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run @tante@tldr.nettime.org #Firefox #InformedConsent [ ] I want AI built into Firefox [ ] I want AI separated into extensions [ ] Mozilla should not focus on AI features at all

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