"Ryan Sipes told the audience during his keynote ... that the Thunderbird mail client 'probably shouldn't still be alive'. Thunderbird, however, is not only alive—it is arguably in better shape than ever before. According to Sipes, the project's turnaround is a result of governance, storytelling, and learning to be comfortable asking users for money."

#JoeBrockmeier, 2024

https://lwn.net/Articles/982610/

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#email#EmailClients#Mozilla#Thunderbird

"Ryan Sipes told the audience during his keynote ... that the Thunderbird mail client 'probably shouldn't still be alive'. Thunderbird, however, is not only alive—it is arguably in better shape than ever before. According to Sipes, the project's turnaround is a result of governance, storytelling, and learning to be comfortable asking users for money."

#JoeBrockmeier, 2024

https://lwn.net/Articles/982610/

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#email#EmailClients#Mozilla#Thunderbird

Any #mozilla #firefox hackers around that could help me troubleshoot a strange media-loading memory issue?

I was really hopeful about #Ecosia but then they, like #Mozilla, turned to #LLM and put a (really poorly implemented) AI Chat feature in their product. 😬

For a business whose goal is to better the environment and plant trees, I would have thought their ethos would be anti-AI. 🤔

Anyway, now they're collaborating with #Qwant to make a new European-based search index called #Staan to power AI products.

https://staan.ai

Firefox has crossed to the dark side.

"You guessed it: looks like it's a so-called AI."

"People are noticing Firefox gobbling extra CPU and electricity, apparently caused by an 'inference engine' built into recent versions of Firefox."

The Register: Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/firefox_ai_scoffing_power/ @theregister @lproven#Firefox#Mozilla#AI

When making decisions around tech my simple sniff test is to ask myself: "did the CEO of this tech company attend Donald Trump's inauguration?"

No: #Mozilla, #proton

Yes: #Google, #Amazon, #Meta, #Apple, #Tesla#X, #TikTok

Ayé, je viens de désinstaller #Firefox. 💔
Avec le petit message à #Mozilla.

« Vieux contributeur Mozilla, je ne pensais pas désinstaller un jour Firefox mais c’est fait ! Plutôt que de désactiver les fonctionnalités d’IA dont je n’avais aucun usage et qui augmentaient la consommation de mon PC, je suis passé à #ZenBrowser, qui s’avère être tout ce que j’attends de Firefox : rapide, respectueux de ma vie privée, avec une UI soignée — et le tout, basé sur Gecko, comme il se doit. »

Ayé, je viens de désinstaller #Firefox. 💔
Avec le petit message à #Mozilla.

« Vieux contributeur Mozilla, je ne pensais pas désinstaller un jour Firefox mais c’est fait ! Plutôt que de désactiver les fonctionnalités d’IA dont je n’avais aucun usage et qui augmentaient la consommation de mon PC, je suis passé à #ZenBrowser, qui s’avère être tout ce que j’attends de Firefox : rapide, respectueux de ma vie privée, avec une UI soignée — et le tout, basé sur Gecko, comme il se doit. »

Firefox has crossed to the dark side.

"You guessed it: looks like it's a so-called AI."

"People are noticing Firefox gobbling extra CPU and electricity, apparently caused by an 'inference engine' built into recent versions of Firefox."

The Register: Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/firefox_ai_scoffing_power/ @theregister @lproven#Firefox#Mozilla#AI

This post also provides instructions to turn off the new AI features of Firefox.

https://www.neowin.net/news/mozilla-under-fire-for-firefox-ai-bloat-that-blows-up-cpu-and-drains-battery

#firefox #ai #mozilla

https://www.neowin.net/news/mozilla-under-fire-for-firefox-ai-bloat-that-blows-up-cpu-and-drains-battery/

Mozilla Slammed Over Battery-Draining "Garbage" AI in Firefox

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-high-cpu-usage-inference-disable

#Mozilla#Firefox#AI#AIShittification#Enshittification

Will you block Mozilla Firefox?

Meta is counting on many people answering “no” to that question — especially among those it believes would oppose AI.

For years, Facebook has been building sociological profiles of individuals likely to resist a multi-billion dollar corporation.

And that’s exactly what they’re using against people right now.

#Firefox#Mozilla#Meta#Facebook #AI

Will you block Mozilla Firefox?

Meta is counting on many people answering “no” to that question — especially among those it believes would oppose AI.

For years, Facebook has been building sociological profiles of individuals likely to resist a multi-billion dollar corporation.

And that’s exactly what they’re using against people right now.

#Firefox#Mozilla#Meta#Facebook #AI

C'est quand-même chelou : il est possible d'installer son propre serveur pour le stockage des données de #FirefoxSync, mais l'authentification pour s'y connecter se fait toujours sur les serveurs de #Mozilla. 🤔

Please, what #VPN should I use, and what #browser should I switch to? I want to stop using #Google#Chrome but I keep hearing bad stuff about #Mozilla#Firefox and I don't know about other browsers. Also, any recommendations for a password manager?

From the 'that hasn't aged well' files ...

"Mozilla was in a tough position when it decided to adopt DRM in its browser. It’s already having a hard time hanging on to its existing users and most of its users probably don’t care all that much about DRM, but they would care if Netflix suddenly stopped working."

#FredericLardinois, 2015

https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/12/mozilla-launches-a-new-firefox-version-without-drm-support/

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#Mozilla#Firefox

When making decisions around tech my simple sniff test is to ask myself: "did the CEO of this tech company attend Donald Trump's inauguration?"

No: #Mozilla, #proton

Yes: #Google, #Amazon, #Meta, #Apple, #Tesla#X, #TikTok

Kobo is bringing Instapaper integrated to its eBook readers. You can use it to send web articles to your eReader. With Mozilla shutting down its Pocket service, Instapaper will offer similar functionality for Kobo users moving forward. #Kobo#Instapaper#Pocket#Mozilla#eReadershttps://blog.instapaper.com/post/789685899750424576/instapaper-rakuten-kobo-integration