Riley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoMozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AItechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down16cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mltechnologie@jlai.luhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansfirefox@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldfirefox@lemmy.world
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkMozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AItechcrunch.comRiley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square89linkfedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mltechnologie@jlai.luhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansfirefox@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldfirefox@lemmy.world
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up53arrow-down3·2 years agoThe issue is that Firefox alone doesn’t pay the bills and I’d imagine they really want to get away from being dependent on the Google deal they have. We don’t need AI stuff but if they can get some good funding from it, they can put more into the browser
minus-squareInfiniWheel@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 years agoArguably the issue here is that Firefox pays too many of the bills, directly from its main competitor
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoYeah, fair I could have worded that better. Finding better ways of funding is the goal
minus-squareScratch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoAnd sometimes, those searches will end in failure. Resulting in what we’re seeing today.
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoso they build the thing that pretty much everyone is running at a loss…
The issue is that Firefox alone doesn’t pay the bills and I’d imagine they really want to get away from being dependent on the Google deal they have.
We don’t need AI stuff but if they can get some good funding from it, they can put more into the browser
Arguably the issue here is that Firefox pays too many of the bills, directly from its main competitor
Yeah, fair I could have worded that better. Finding better ways of funding is the goal
And sometimes, those searches will end in failure. Resulting in what we’re seeing today.
so they build the thing that pretty much everyone is running at a loss…