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It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
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Ready for this internet fad to die and go back to stone tablets.
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
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It's very sad as I don't think there's a proper alternative in short term. In the end, I am afraid that I'll have to keep using Firefox because it's essentially the "lesser evil",
FF was suppose to be alternative to google, until google "captured competition" by making up majority of thier revenue.
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If you're going to add AI shit it should be something people can easily turn on. It should be off by default.
Not only the setting off, but any sort of behind the scenes stuff related to it disabled as well. No automatic updating, no background processes to "keep it ready, just in case". Do that when it's enabled.
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Can't wait for ladybird to arrive to leave all this current browser crap behind me.
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That a way yo beat dead internet theory. Get IA hallucinate the web you browse and no need to webbrowser to have internet access.
I just want to be able to group tabs on mobile 🥲
Waterfox. LibreWolf. Fennec.
Just use a fork; rawdogging Firefox is already a bit crazy.
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I just found out about this on mobile firefox must be quite new too. That default opt in is really disgusting.
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I said it before but they are really excelling at alienating their users in (failed) attempts at attracting new ones.
It pains me to see, I don't want to use chromium, but there is a limit...
Over to Waterfox then.
I don't care if there is a way to 'disable it' (there won't be) - if it's there, it not on my PC.
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Very unfortunate development, which seems par for the course from Mozilla these days.
I'm jumping ship. Which browser would y'all recommend at this point? Preferably something I can get on android as well as linux.
LibreWolf is a great alternative on Linux. It’s Firefox with all the bs stripped out and out-of-the-box privacy settings turned on.
This is what I have used for the last few years (after being a Firefox user for almost 2 decades), and yeah we're probably safe for a little while, but it seems the writing is on the wall. The LibreWolf team can only do so much when the core browser is constantly being enshittified. I hoped this was a flash in the pan thing and LibreWolf would save us until Mozilla regained its senses, but it seems they've gone batshit.
I too will be keeping my eyes peeled for what to use next.
I'm hoping LibreWolf and Iron Fox hold out long enough for Ladybird to take off and I'll be switching
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