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For fuck's sake, Mozilla, have you learned nothing? We do not care about AI products
That's not true. I care very deeply about avoiding them.
You may not but many others DO.
Maybe you don't care, but to be a sustainable company, Mozilla need to look for alternative sources of income. They can't just make 2010s style browser forever.
How do you expect them to make money off of this? The only thing they've done is burned money by developing it.
That describes almost everything they've done.
Apparently Firefox is actually profitable!
It's the only part of Mozilla that is.
But that didn't stop them from laying off employees (and eventually laying off the department head fighting against those layoffs) regardless.
Seeing as they are a non-profit, they should be spending it all. Although I think AI isn’t the right direction.
Nonprofit or not, burning money on countless bad projects isn't good.
Are you seriously asking how to make money out of large, structured knowledge base in 2026? Having data these days is like having a goldmine, I can't think of any more valuable asset.
Yes. Of course. Claims require evidence.
Specifically for the AI initiative in this article, or any of their broader AI initiatives, which have been worryingly many.
They‘re not supposed to make money. They are a non-profit foundation that takes donations to develop an open source project and I expect them to spend those donations on exactly that project and not much else.
AI companies haven’t even turned a profit on it, so idk how Mozilla will.
Exactly. If AI companies can't even profit while fighting dirty, what makes Mozilla think that they can do it ethically?!
Yes, I agree with you, but why chase the latest hype that's probably going to burst soon?
what do you mean "burst"? Stock market valuation of IT companies are currently overblown, yes, but the technology is not going anywhere. I'm personally using it for software development, it became part of my workflow and I don't intend to stop using it. I also see other people chatting with bots daily. It just become a new kind of user interface to which people got used to.
"AI is inevitable" is a thought-terminating cliché, and you've spent enough time in AI advocacy groups on Lemmy to know that by now. Instead of making claims, please show your work.
Many, myself included, may not like to hear this, but I think it’s the bitter truth.
For better or worse, the majority like this technology. AI companies have stuck the landing in a sales sense.
For those who find it cringey or offensive or whatever, we may have to get used to being black sheep (even more).
Congratulations, you are the old 90-year-old grandpa who can't understand this stupid Internet thingy. Why is this modem making these weird and loud noises when I try to connect?!
Ha, ok. Well I think your response is rude, meaningless, petulant, and a waste of space.
But I’m really glad we have people like you on social media to remind us what it’s all about.
I was trying to get you to understand a POV by reminding you how things were 25 years ago, but clearly that idea was lost on you.
I’m afraid what you wrote was not purely what you state here, and to the extent it was, poorly so.
I don’t think I’m the one here for whom the message is lost.