Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoOpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experiencearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down4·edit-216 hours agoUnfortunately, Mozilla is investing a ton of money into AI, too.
minus-squarevivendi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoMozilla works mainly on LOCAL AI not this corporate trash like closedAI
minus-squareexu@feditown.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 hours agoSome of their I initiatives are good, like the built-in local translation tool we now have.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 hours agoAlso their initiative to recognise images and generate alt-text for screen-reader users. My sister is blind and screen readers are close to useless on the web, so it was great to hear Mozilla is working on that.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·16 hours agoA desperate attempt of revenue diversification.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·14 hours agoConsidering how little they invest into their core product compared to all the other shit and how much money the top brass earns despite declining market share, I don’t think they’re hurting for money that much.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 hours agoThey are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can’t really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoIdeally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoYou can’t finance a massive project like that with donations. This isn’t like Signal or some small project like that. Firefox is MASSIVE.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoYeah, web browsers cost hundreds of millions per year to maintain, they’re mind-bogglingly complicated and costly. I’d really hope the Linux Foundation would help contribute towards the budget, but LF is quite pro Chromium. I don’t think end users can even come close to funding Firefox development, unfortunately.
minus-squareEngywook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-216 hours agoMozilla will loose Google’s deal money.
Unfortunately, Mozilla is investing a ton of money into AI, too.
Mozilla works mainly on LOCAL AI not this corporate trash like closedAI
Some of their I initiatives are good, like the built-in local translation tool we now have.
Also their initiative to recognise images and generate alt-text for screen-reader users.
My sister is blind and screen readers are close to useless on the web, so it was great to hear Mozilla is working on that.
A desperate attempt of revenue diversification.
Considering how little they invest into their core product compared to all the other shit and how much money the top brass earns despite declining market share, I don’t think they’re hurting for money that much.
They are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can’t really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled?
Ideally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though.
You can’t finance a massive project like that with donations. This isn’t like Signal or some small project like that. Firefox is MASSIVE.
Yeah, web browsers cost hundreds of millions per year to maintain, they’re mind-bogglingly complicated and costly.
I’d really hope the Linux Foundation would help contribute towards the budget, but LF is quite pro Chromium.
I don’t think end users can even come close to funding Firefox development, unfortunately.
Mozilla will loose Google’s deal money.