• pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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        It’s funny that people get upset about one line in a config file that’s not even selected by default.

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      I use librewolf via nix home-manager to declaratively configure preferences, plugins, engines, bookmarks, and policy settings. My librewolf configuration module is my largest config file by far… At least I don’t need to reapply it by hand anymore, but I really wish Firefox didn’t suck so much.

      Here’s hoping ladybird is a success.

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    So it’s just another search engine option, they probably get money for that too. No big deal for me, I don’t have to use it if I don’t want to.

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    Why does AI need to be shoved into everything, honestly its not AI its just an LLM that summarizes your search, and plays as a yes man.

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      I mean, if this helps fund Firefox and is not too intrusive then I am fine with it.

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      AI has money and Mozilla needs it. Are you going to pay for Firefox development?

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    Because it costs money to add shit nobody wants so we need sponsors, to add more shit nobody wants…

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      Whereas I’m upvoting because I support adding options. If you don’t like it, don’t use it.

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        I really don’t know enough about Perplexity AI to have an opinion one way or another, which is why I’m upvoting for awareness. I can’t say whether it’s a good or bad thing, although I’m not optimistic given the general trend of shoehorning “AI” in whether it makes sense or not, but I’m sure there are actually useful applications for the product and a better search engine could be one. I want actual search results, though, not a generated slop answer.

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        Everyone already had the choice to use this before. You can visit any site with a search box, and add that site as a search engine to Firefox.

        This is forcing it down people’s throats.

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      It’s just a search engine choice.

      I agree with the sentiment, but this is quite possibly the least offensive idea Mozilla has had in a while.

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      I prefer waterfox but i normally use them booth as they are awesome (one just with the basic addons and the other with all the addons i want but they could break websites)

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      The issue is them adding it to your list without user’s input or even notification. This is unpleasant behaviour that shouldn’t be normal, even if this time there is no damage.

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    I get that Mozilla needs to keep the lights on but… yeah.

    I’ve increasingly been meaning to switch to a fork. Anyone aware of a good way to self host a bookmark (and preferably tab) sync?

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    Firefox adding another search engine choice isn’t really headline news to me but cool I guess, especially if it’s another option that’s not Google?

    I’ll continue using something else, though.

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      It’s not a search engine, it’s a random text generator disguised as an engine. It’s worse than Google, if you can believe it. We don’t need more shit that is worse than Google

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        Yeah it’s pretty lame.

        I will say in its benefit that if there is to be AI-summaries as answers to search queries, this has the right ideas: List your sources atop, even have a separate sources tab, include direct quotes where possible (though this feature is weird, I don’t always get it, maybe topic-specific).

        I still don’t like it (just link me to the bloody source instead) but I know a ton of people who explicitly want those AI-summaries as their answers, and this at least exposes what was used to create the answer.

        Rubbish, but on a conceptual level doing better.

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          My main problem with that, is that it actually doesn’t use the sources it lists. It does it sometimes, and other times the links have nothing to do with the generated text, and some of them might be also non existent, but because it’s not always wrong, it makes people complicit, nobody actually checks the sources, but believe it more because the links are there.

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      People don’t use Firefox because it doesn’t have a global tech company shoving it onto people

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      I mean honeslty why use base firefox when there are much better forks of firefox. Floorp for example which I like.

      If I want straight up firefox without the AI stuff then I’ll just go use Librewolf.