Post ATulYwpsHOSVtGsEVM by f4grx@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #ATtmEutFi0terRVQnY by hi_mayank@hachyderm.io
2023-03-22T23:28:39Z
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shot: Mozilla cuts 250 jobs, says Firefox development will be affected (https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/changing-world-changing-mozilla/)chaser: Mozilla is committing $30M to build Mozilla.ai: A startup building a "trustworthy, independent, and open-source AI ecosystem" (https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/introducing-mozilla-ai-investing-in-trustworthy-ai/)
(DIR) Post #ATtmExhfFYPTaN6ieW by hi_mayank@hachyderm.io
2023-03-22T23:50:53Z
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in other words, AI is the reason we can't have `:has` 😔
(DIR) Post #ATu8NUaD5Mayrv5qxU by captainepoch@stereophonic.space
2023-03-23T10:30:34.838808Z
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@hi_mayank Ah, yes, another Mozilla moment over here.To be honest, at this point, it deserves to die.
(DIR) Post #ATuATirl5u3uoROsGO by sl007@digitalcourage.social
2023-03-23T10:14:58Z
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@hi_mayank #Mozilla 2017 We need to gamify all the things, we need games.#Mozilla 2019We need to make it all VR so that it is even more confusing.#Mozilla 2023 Oh, we forgot to add AI.Let's forget the browser.People 2017-2023 We want a good and honest browser.
(DIR) Post #ATuJ6j09K9o89wQwUa by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-03-23T12:31:38.559Z
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@hi_mayank@hachyderm.io Ah yes, burning more money with failing side projects. That'll surely make their only worthwhile product stop bleeding users!
(DIR) Post #ATulIl2aMi4Efx6CvY by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-03-23T17:45:09.197022Z
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@hi_mayank I guess that's one way of showing AI replacing people's jobs and making the whole thing worse in the process.
(DIR) Post #ATulYwpsHOSVtGsEVM by f4grx@mastodon.social
2023-03-23T10:29:34Z
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@hi_mayank fuck, laying off people to fund some AI shit is a special kind of disappointing :(Edit: it seems unrelated.
(DIR) Post #ATulYxUHr8mjubmVUm by julienw@pouet.chapril.org
2023-03-23T10:33:08Z
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@f4grx The layoffs happened 3y ago, in a world where ad revenues were going down, for reasons you probably remember.Mozilla didn't do any layoff recently (but some other tech companies did).@hi_mayank
(DIR) Post #ATulYy5VckYjm3CEVs by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-03-23T17:50:00.080209Z
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@julienw @f4grx @hi_mayank Well, they did chose to invest in AI instead of proper funding in their existing products.Like Thunderbird was asking for donations in December (and IIRC also begging in the software itself): https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/11/help-keep-thunderbird-alive-and-thriving-in-2023/
(DIR) Post #ATulYz8NjYS31FY2d6 by julienw@pouet.chapril.org
2023-03-23T10:37:27Z
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@f4grx I don't know if AI is the next big thing. Some people think it might be. If it is, I think Mozilla being in the field would be good for the world, don't you think?@hi_mayank
(DIR) Post #ATvvUPsu2hcPEfjCk4 by jkb@octodon.social
2023-03-23T10:55:04Z
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@sl007 @hi_mayank We also want Mozilla to stop being Google's antitrust shield. We also want Mozilla to fire its CEO who has been overpaid and underperforming for way too many years. We also want Mozilla to fund Thunderbird again, and resurrect Webmaker, and Firefox Hello, and Firefox Send, and FirefoxOS, and…What the fuck happened to being committed to a free, open, standard and inclusive Web?
(DIR) Post #ATvvUQlUljHrxzGnpo by csepp@merveilles.town
2023-03-23T21:24:52Z
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@jkb @sl007 @hi_mayank Also put the fucking RSS button back. If they have resources to develop VR, they have resources to maintain one measly RSS integration.
(DIR) Post #ATw2kVMs7fFmYRMf8i by julienw@pouet.chapril.org
2023-03-24T08:34:58Z
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@lanodan no, Mozilla didn't lay off anybody for 3y, and especially not for this Mozilla AI effort.@hi_mayank
(DIR) Post #ATw2kVxjuakCOmc6bY by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-03-24T08:37:17.762697Z
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@julienw @hi_mayank And where does that kind of money comes from then?