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Re: Mozilla's open source AI strategy

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Post by 7bit » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC

Vinnl wrote: post #207

7bit wrote: post #201

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You must be joking! The user profile switcher is NOT user friendly. It's lacking in every aspect of UX compared to Chromes profile switcher. And it has ads in it. Of all places, why the heck did they put ads into the user profile switcher.

Are you talking about the new one, or the old one? The old one was indeed horrible, but the new one is pretty nice IMO. I have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to ads though, I don't think either has that.

The old one doesn't have ads. I'm talking about the new one.

The ad I'm talking about is for a different Firefox service. I think it asks to you try your VPN or something. I'm not at home so I can't exactly tell you. But I just want to switch profile not getting bugged or judged to a different service.

Chrome makes this right. You click on the profile icon and instantly switch to a different profile.

Mozilla fucked that completely up.

Re: Mozilla's open source AI strategy

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Post by lamontcg » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC

hu3 wrote: post #176

lamontcg wrote: post #145

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It really seems like all the complaints about firefox are mostly ego-deflection. People know it is wrong to stay on Chrome and empower Google to the extent that it is, but they're stuck on that workflow and don't want to change, so they find nits to pick about firefox and get very LOUD about that. Then it becomes Mozill's fault that they're still using Chrome, and you can't blame them for anything.

> all the complaints about firefox are mostly ego-deflection. Sorry this is too handwavy for me. According to this logic, Mozilla is likely going to die believing it did nothing wrong.

It is going to die because it won't ever be perfect enough, while Google will win because the vastly more important problems with Google's control are just the status quo.

Re: Mozilla's open source AI strategy

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Post by Vinnl » Sun, Jan 18, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC

7bit wrote: post #211

Vinnl wrote: post #207

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Are you talking about the new one, or the old one? The old one was indeed horrible, but the new one is pretty nice IMO. I have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to ads though, I don't think either has that.

The old one doesn't have ads. I'm talking about the new one. The ad I'm talking about is for a different Firefox service. I think it asks to you try your VPN or something. I'm not at home so I can't exactly tell you. But I just want to switch profile not getting bugged or judged to a different service. Chrome makes this right. You click on the profile icon and instantly switch to a different profile. Mozilla fucked t…

Ah, I think you're referring to the account menu, which has been there for a while (indeed with links to Relay, VPN, and Monitor), and to which the profile switcher got added. If you're signed in to your Firefox account, it also includes menu entries to send tabs to different devices, access your tabs from other devices, and update sync settings.

I guess that's true, and that the profile switcher is in a submenu of that menu, so that's one extra click. Still a lot better than the old one though. But I agree that I wouldn't mind the profiles being in the top level menu, especially if you have, say, max. three.