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Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by coldpie » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:26 PM UTC

everdrive wrote: post #4

Does anyone want AI in anything? I can see the value of navigating to an LLM and asking specific questions, but generally speaking I don't want that just running / waiting on my machine as I open a variety of applications. It's a huge waste of resources and for most normal people is an edge case.

> Does anyone want AI in anything?

Yeah, they do. Go talk to anyone who isn't in a super-online bubble such as HN or Bsky or a Firefox early-adopter program. They're all using it, all the time, for everything. I don't like it either, but that's the reality.

Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by Adrig » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:27 PM UTC

everdrive wrote: post #4

Does anyone want AI in anything? I can see the value of navigating to an LLM and asking specific questions, but generally speaking I don't want that just running / waiting on my machine as I open a variety of applications. It's a huge waste of resources and for most normal people is an edge case.

My mom recently praised the brave AI summary of a webpage so who knows, the usage might be higher than we think.

Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by mabedan » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:28 PM UTC

everdrive wrote: post #4

Does anyone want AI in anything? I can see the value of navigating to an LLM and asking specific questions, but generally speaking I don't want that just running / waiting on my machine as I open a variety of applications. It's a huge waste of resources and for most normal people is an edge case.

I use it for summarization constantly. I made iOS/mac shortcuts which call Gemini for various tasks and use them quite often, mostly summarization related.

Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by brazukadev » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:28 PM UTC

transcriptase wrote: post #10

Nobody wants anything from Mozilla except Firefox/Thunderbird to be high-performance alternatives to Chrome/Outlook with fewer restrictions on extensions. That’s it. The rest is just activism and kids playing in a sandbox with non-profit money to pad out their resume with whatever topical keywords might land them their next gig.

Activism and kids playing at Mozilla was a long time ago.

Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by oytis » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:29 PM UTC

Wrong, Google wants it very much. Otherwise there would be a usable, well-maintained web browser without AI on the market and everyone would just use it

Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by micromacrofoot » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:29 PM UTC

I do, the "go to a website to use AI" era is taking too long, I want full integration. I don't want to use websites or apps, I want to ask for things using human language and get a human-like response. I tire of all these interfaces.

Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by basilgohar » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:30 PM UTC

What is most upsetting is that they just offered access to the large commercial AI providers and no clear way to have a self-hosted or alternative option. THIS is where they lost their way. They must be profiting or partnering, no longer serving the community.

Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by nyeah » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:30 PM UTC

CrzyLngPwd wrote: post #6

I want AI in VSC as an assistant, but that's it. If I could have set a systemwide setting to say "Only add AI to things I want", then I would have ticked that box a long time ago. Maybe YT could add an option for "filter out AI slop". I might pay for YT if they did that.

Yeah, I think there's a market for suppressing AI slop.

Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:30 PM UTC

jmathai wrote: post #9

There are some really cool ways that AI/LLMs can enhance the web browsing experience. I just saw Tweeks on here yesterday and it's a very cool idea to bring the power of greasemonkey to the masses. What's often missing nowadays when integrating AI is creativity and understanding what people really want. It's not easy, but that's what makes products great. I agree with the article that the AI being introduced into Fir…

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Re: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 2:30 PM UTC

mabedan wrote: post #13

everdrive wrote: post #4

Does anyone want AI in anything? I can see the value of navigating to an LLM and asking specific questions, but generally speaking I don't want that just running / waiting on my machine as I open a variety of applications. It's a huge waste of resources and for most normal people is an edge case.

I use it for summarization constantly. I made iOS/mac shortcuts which call Gemini for various tasks and use them quite often, mostly summarization related.

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