@vmbrasseur they asked me for a donation...which I might actually do if they weren't working with Meta on ad tracking https://blog.zgp.org/why-turn-off-firefox-ad-tracking/

(you can't sell out and then ask for $, that's like admitting you are bad at selling out)

@vmbrasseur pocket was a privacy nightmare, so good riddance… but I think Firefox is still super important. We can’t have a future of everything running chromium or WebKit.

@notbobbytables @vmbrasseur Many of us listen, and we are reachable via Mastodon: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mastodon#Mozilla_accounts

Thanks for sending in feedback! Highly appreciated.

@vmbrasseur so you only told them what not to do, but not what to do?

@vmbrasseur a faster email management tool.

@spacehobo @vmbrasseur Good points. The other problem for Mozilla chasing trends is that their browser gets bundled into other products such as IBM's RHEL, and the companies behind those products have their own trends to chase.

The more that Mozilla puts schemes into the browser, the more that the "we" who need a new browser includes well-funded companies

@vmbrasseur Personally, I would like to see Mozilla return to its core, the Firefox browser, and fix long-standing bugs and ensure compatibility with Chromium (for example, video conferences run more smoothly in Chromium, and websites can access USB and serial devices with Chromium). I also miss the FTP protocol support in Firefox. Support for the Gemini protocol would also be nice.

@vmbrasseur And in mobile Firefox: that it finally becomes truly FLOSS and can be published reproducibly in F-Droid. And that connections run smoothly or reload automatically (similar to Cromite), even with unstable internet.

@vmbrasseur

Mine was a little shorter.

@vmbrasseur And what should actually be a matter of course: forks like LibreWolf should become unnecessary if Mozilla removes nonsense from Firefox on its own initiative.

@condret @vmbrasseur Personally, I would specifically suggest the following:
- Work through bugs from the bug tracker, especially bugs that have existed for several years
- Reintroduce FTP protocol support
- Support the Gemini protocol
- Remove nonsense from Firefox so that LibreWolf becomes unnecessary
- Add support for features such as access to USB and serial devices to better compete with Chromium
- Clean up Firefox of proprietary components and publish it reproducibly in F-Droid

@vmbrasseur
Mozilla wants input
WTF is the point, Mozilla has not listened to users for years.

Capable and presumably morally sound developers were sacked, the ones that stayed could be twisted in to the plot of constant deceipt.

From best of the best to mediocre and market share still dropping.

Fleecing users, see merino for pulling wool over eyes

Now even worse plans in addition

Chief extortion officer wants to embrace AI and ads.

No sane and discerning user wants
either of those

@vmbrasseur

I want mozilla to PREVENT AI - to create a field where AI can't operate. To bring an entire domain's AI to a halt on click.

#ai

@vmbrasseur thx for sharing the link. The theme of my reply was "fix bugs, add boring but useful features", and I was surprised by how much effort it took to request this. Better legislative advocacy is an option, but not bug fixes? Enhanced AI is a checkbox but I have to write in "improve software stability" under Other (Please Specify)?

@vmbrasseur

Everyone vote in this poll too: -

Mozilla should look at the results too as NO AI is winning 92% to 8% so far.

@vmbrasseur looks like they didn't like the results of their poll on Mastodon so they created a new poll elsewhere. @firefoxwebdevs please, just stop pushing AI. Just make the browser!

@lars @notbobbytables @vmbrasseur

Thanks for posting this. I'd forgotten that Mozilla wanted input. I'm a very long-time user of Mozilla products. Here is what I said, for the record:

Throw away all that AI garbage. Forget AI. It's wasteful and unethically sourced, and not broadly useful for Mozilla's mission, or for most users. Stick to your open source, public-service roots and keep developing good software without any AI.

@vmbrasseur @nixCraft After two decades(?) of pushing people to use Firefox, I’ve given up and use Vivaldi now. I’m hoping Servo becomes a viable alternative to Chrom*, because Firefox has given up completely.

@vmbrasseur https://mozilla.social/

@vmbrasseur Ok, no focus on AI.
So, just drop it.