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Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

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Re: Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

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How about building a better AI-free browser first, Mozilla? Is that too much to ask for?

Growing and investing in Firefox remains our biggest priority. Mozilla Corporation’s leading aim is to grow as a meaningful, differentiated browser, trusted by over 200mil people. In 2025 the team made great progress shipping tab groups, vertical tabs, smart tabs, many sidebar integrations with AI companies and more. Mozilla Corp welcomed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, the first technologist to serve as CEO in over 15 years. In 2026 there will be a focus on building tools and features for those who want AI, and for those who do not. We are the only browser who does this - and likely the only one that will.[1]

[1] https://stateof.mozilla.org/tools/#corp

Re: Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

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> Mozilla is focused on deploying its roughly $1.4 billion worth of reserves to support “mission driven” organizations, according to a new report. > The nonprofit, also the parent of Firefox, is investing in artificial intelligence startups that are working on safety and governance issues in AI. Why?, they want to go bankrupt?, do they like burning money? I would understand investing in AI Tech... Brilliant if they u…

The charitable entity known as the Mozilla Foundation and the development entity known as the Mozilla Corporation are not the same. Nothing wrong with the foundation doing these things with their spare cash, it literally does not impact Firefox at all.

Re: Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

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Wowz just like Star Wars! Heckin updoots xD Sorry, I can't take Mozilla seriously when they're doing anything other than Firefox or Thunderbird. Enough of this crap. Dressing it up with juvenile capeshit references doesn't help.

Yes please let them focus on making Firefox economically sustainable without Google. Then worry about all the fluffy dogood stuff

Re: Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

#27

Wowz just like Star Wars! Heckin updoots xD Sorry, I can't take Mozilla seriously when they're doing anything other than Firefox or Thunderbird. Enough of this crap. Dressing it up with juvenile capeshit references doesn't help.

Yes please let them focus on making Firefox economically sustainable without Google. Then worry about all the fluffy dogood stuff

The problem is that there is no way to make Firefox economically sustainable without Google (or some other search provider, but google won that war comprehensively). Browsers are fully commoditized and subsidized. Funding the browser with a combination of outside revenue sources and search deals is the way everyone does it.

Re: Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

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>“It’s that spirit that a bunch of people are banding together to create something good in the world and take on this thing that threatens us,” Surman told CNBC in an interview. “It’s super corny, but people totally get it.”

If you have to explain why you chose the name, it might not be a good name :/

Re: Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

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I have zero trust in Mozilla with their ability in the marketplace currently. I held out using their products while they stagnated for nearly a decade because I value the privacy they once provided. Mozilla has failed to compete in the browser landscape and it feels icky most of the stuff they have attempted to do, which didn't even yield them any money. Great work, you robbed the bank and you're still poor and every…

I'm not sure what you are talking about. Mozilla had some distractions, yes, but Firefox is a fine browser, and it supports full-featured uBlock Origin including on Android.

It is a fine browser but as its marketshare keeps declining it works less and less well because webdevs don't bother testing for it anymore.

I'm already getting tons of captchas from the likes of cloudflare in Firefox on Linux. Because somehow I'm suspicious. That's not the sign of a browser doing well.

Re: Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

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The sooner the AI bubble pops and takes all of these companies out, the better the world will be.

Already packed an emergency stash of popcorn just to sit back and watch that fabulous disaster.

The problem is, when multi trillion dollars go poof everyone is going to feel the pain, even those that wisely stayed away from investing in the bubble.
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