Mozilla accuses Microsoft of sabotaging Firefox with Windows and Copilot tactics
2026-04-09 22:28 UTC
Replies (28)
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@MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 08:00
Downvoting for unsolicited AI slop on my feed.
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@TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-09 22:35
Holy shit that image... we need to destroy AI I'm sick of this absolute garbage polluting the web
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@phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2026-04-10 20:37
What's up with the AI slop image for this post? Also, Mozilla is destroying Firefox by themselves, they don't need help from m$
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@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 01:47
[Here's the original article from Mozilla](https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/microsoft-copilot-ai-user-choice/) instead of this third-party AI slop regurgitating it.
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@Monkey@piefed.social 2026-04-10 02:17
ai;dr
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@njordomir@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 09:28
There's a lot of people on the Mozilla hate train, and they do deserve a bit of ire for some of their more puzzling decisions. All I wanted from Firefox was a configurable browser with sane defaults, that lets me block ads and does all the normal browser things without being a total black box of corporate telemetry and profiling. To a large degree Firefox has been the best mainstream browser for people who can't dance with the devil and use Chrome. In many aspects, it has made better decisions than Chrome. With that said, I didn't want Pocket, I didn't want AI, and I'm mildly annoyed that this sort of thing is in the default build. It feels like a windows installer asking you to install 10 additional programs, but the ticked boxes are greyed out. I just want a browser, no crypto wallets, no ai assistants, no built-in mail client, no biometric scanning. Firefox has been around long enough to have been both god tier and trash tier at different points. I don't think the AI focus is going to go well for Mozilla. I'd like them to focus on browser stuff.
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@mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2026-04-09 23:33
Fuck off with this AI bullshit
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@Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 22:48
Windows forcing their own propriatary software as a means to destroy competing web browsers? Is it 1997 already?
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@Sunny@slrpnk.net 2026-04-10 20:17
The only thing destroying Firefox is Mozilla themselves.
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@Tharkys@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-09 23:17
I don't think Microslop really needs to sabotage Firefox. Firefox is doing a really good job of shooting their own selves in the foot.
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@FluidBeef@quokk.au 2026-04-10 05:28
Mozilla are perfectly capable of sabotaging themselves, thank you.
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@ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2026-04-11 12:51
When Windows lets me make Dolphin the default file manager I'll believe they don't have a right to force people to use whatever product they wish.
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@zerofk@lemmy.zip 2026-04-10 06:58
The original article mentions the sabotaging only as historical evidence for a trend of pushing its tech onto people. It is not saying Microsoft is currently doing it specifically to sabotage anyone. Bullshit title. The original article also mentions several things as fact that are not, and omits other facts, but that’s a different discussion.
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@reksas@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-10 09:39
firefox really shouldnt be our only line of defence for decent browser..
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@Yurgenst@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-10 03:28
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@the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 22:33
Nah, mozilla sabotaged firefox.
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@jojowakaki@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 05:54
Was the image generated with copilot?
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@grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2026-04-10 19:51
Firefox makes a good fork base anyway
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@bobo@lemmy.ml 2026-04-10 09:37
Did they also force them to kill MDN, buy pocket, or funnel 99% of the foundation's budget on everything that's not Firefox? Edit: fact checked myself and the budget part is completely incorrect. The foundation just leeches on the corporation through yearly royalties.
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@darthsundhaft@piefed.social 2026-04-09 22:58
Mozilla could have had a foothold but they literally added AI into Firefox, so idk how far they're gonna get.
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@Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2026-04-10 01:29
I just came to watch the people angry about the cover image.
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@ICastFist@programming.dev 2026-04-10 02:32
Ah yes, I'm sure it was microslop who decided to make firefox add an AI the community voted against
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@network_switch@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 23:00
Anti-steering stuff again. Besides that I'll always be a bit annoyed with Mozilla both with their design decisions for FirefoxOS and then how much they bungled it. RokuOS is still highly relevant while FirefoxOS descendents are real niche. Firefox is usually the default on Linux distros. Mozilla should have at least been pushing Linux distros that shipped Firefox on laptops/desktops since FirefoxOS was announced
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@network_switch@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 22:49
Deja vu
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@0x0@lemmy.zip 2026-04-10 10:41
Not fair! Mozilla can self-sabotage without the help of Microslop, thank you very much!
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@garbage_world@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 05:45
Microsoft hasn't done anything wrong. Windows is a proprietary software and they can do whatever they want
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@lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2026-04-10 11:40
> antitrust legislation exists Well, it did once, but it was taken out back and executed quite a while ago. Now it is just "Weekend at Bernie's" time, see Antitrust is right there *points to corpse sitting in a chair with a smile on its face*
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@lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2026-04-10 11:54
There are, yes, I live in one. What ever happened to breaking up Micoslop?