Mozilla Firefox AI Slop

I’ve been using Mozilla Firefox since its original release 21 years ago. Firefox started as an excellent open source browser with a relatively small code size, and excellent compatibility with most of the crufty “extensions” Microsoft used to wage their war against all browsers that were not theirs.

Firefox has grown over the past 2 decades, in both code size and it’s need to suck up large amounts of memory and CPU. I currently have 7 tabs open in Firefox, including the one I’m using to write this article. Firefox has launched 560 threads to support those tabs. That’s 80 threads per tab. That’s a huge number and each thread requires memory and CPU resources.

So imagine my shock and dismay when I read the following quote from the new Mozilla CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo.

As Mozilla moves forward, we will focus on becoming the trusted software company. This is not a slogan. It is a direction that guides how we build and how we grow. It means three things.

• First: Every product we build must give people agency in how it works. Privacy, data use, and AI must be clear and understandable. Controls must be simple. AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off. People should know why a feature works the way it does and what value they get from it.
• Second: our business model must align with trust. We will grow through transparent monetization that people recognize and value.
• Third: Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.

Another good program succumbs to the crap we call AI. If you’re a regular here, you know that I’m of the opinion that there’s no such thing as AI.

You can read the entire post here, but this is enough for me to start looking for a new browser right now. Why wait until after the enshittification to happen. Here’s a list of the best Linux browsers for 2025 on itsfoss.