moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoMozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains batterywww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkMozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains batterywww.neowin.netmoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agothen why the fuck is this newsworthy? ugh. Why is there such a huge hateboner for firefox lately?
minus-squarepiefood@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoBecause they keep betraying their supposed values for short-term gains.
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoWhat is the gain? What is a single gain you think they have milked from their users?
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoBut nobody pays for Firefox? Do you mean the “recommended pages”? Because yeah that is a revenue source I guess, but as long as I can turn it off I can let it slide
minus-squarepiefood@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 days agoThey get money from Google, advertisements, and selling data. Did you think Mozilla made it without paying their employees and executives?
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoNo, why would you think that? Of course they do
minus-squarepiefood@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours ago What is the gain? What is a single gain you think they have milked from their users? But nobody pays for Firefox? Do you mean the “recommended pages”?
It is though.
then why the fuck is this newsworthy? ugh. Why is there such a huge hateboner for firefox lately?
Because they keep betraying their supposed values for short-term gains.
What is the gain? What is a single gain you think they have milked from their users?
Money for their executives
But nobody pays for Firefox? Do you mean the “recommended pages”? Because yeah that is a revenue source I guess, but as long as I can turn it off I can let it slide
They get money from Google, advertisements, and selling data. Did you think Mozilla made it without paying their employees and executives?
No, why would you think that? Of course they do