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Are you talking about me as a Mozilla stan?
- I've left Mozilla 11 years ago because I believed that Mozilla's leadership was clueless (still believe that).
- My first sentence in this thread included "I'm no GenAI fan, nor support Mozilla's leadership overall strategy".
- I want Mozilla to run out of money so people can stop pretending it has any influence on the industry.
- Safari is my daily driver.
But yeah, I worked for Mozilla between 2010 and 2015.
@davidgerard I tried to mean "GenAI critics, including me".
I'm not sure which "fellow ex-Mozilla employees" you're referring to.
I've re-read my messages and I can't find an interpretation where my use of "we" could be connected to my former Mozilla employment. But English is not my native language so maybe I missed it?
@fasterandworse I'm not sure what "this" is referring to in your answer.
My "We" meant "GenAI critics, including me". I thought we had this in common (but I wasn't trying to imply we had more than that in common).
@fasterandworse @HTeuMeuLeu @firefoxwebdevs
- You can open a release notes modal/tab, but some complain that you're getting in the way.
- You can have some UI to promote it when the user is doing a related action, but some complain you're trying to force them to use it.
I feel that Firefox found a good balance introducing those GenAI features.
GenAI is very divisive, and sometimes we critics will be negative about a related subject without cause. I believe this is one of those situations.
@fasterandworse @HTeuMeuLeu @firefoxwebdevs I'm no GenAI fan, nor support Mozilla's leadership overall strategy. Yet I find Jake's explanation accurate: Firefox fans/critics have a different threshold of what is opt-in. Models included in the binary? Feature disabled but UI to suggest enabling it (as in https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116006613406440846)?
There's always a balance to find when introducing a new feature (AI or not):
- A mention in release notes, but most users will not discover it.
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