• Septimaeus@infosec.pub
        16·
        2 个月前

        I like it because in some places it’s a common euphemism for fart that’s only used unironically by young children, so every time I hear it the twelve-year-old in me gets another cameo.

    • cron@feddit.org
      111·
      2 个月前

      To be fair, Mozilla has done quite some stupid shit in the last decade or so. Remember when they killed all addons with version 57?

    • Velypso@sh.itjust.works
      86·
      2 个月前

      Does mastadon legitimately believe that the word toot, in regards to its posts, is mass marketable?

      Holy shit thats stupid.

      yeah i just pissed it out, ive got 3 million views on my piss.

      • athatet@lemmy.zip
        71·
        2 个月前

        Please point me to the piss themed social media. I’ve got lots of piss for other people to piss on.

      • Photonic@lemmy.world
        82·
        2 个月前

        How is it any more stupid than a tweet? That was pretty mass marketable, I would say.

        • Iteria@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          9·
          2 个月前

          Because tweet never had any negative connotations before Twitter took it on. It’s the sound a bird makes. Toot is slang for farting which doesn’t have the greatest associations. It’s also like skeet for blue sky. I get why the owners wouldn’t want a word that has a whole and common on their platform community that knows that word as slang for ejaculation.

          • buttnugget@lemmy.worldBannedBanned from community
            31·
            2 个月前

            All of that nonsense is hilarious. Toot and skeet sound absolutely ridiculous. At least it’s amusing seeing people trying to make fetch happen.

      • Signtist@bookwyr.meEnglish
        2·
        2 个月前

        Yeah, I do think it needs to be changed, though I don’t know to what. I don’t personally mind it too much, but I want Mastodon to succeed, and I just can’t picture legitimately telling people in a serious conversation about a toot I just tooted.

  • karpintero@lemmy.world
    392·
    2 个月前

    Loved Waterfox’s response. Downloaded it and set it as default browser. Absolutely do not want AI, just give me a good browser.

    • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      2 个月前

      For a slightly less dramatic description: the person who’s been in charge of Firefox is now the CEO of Mozilla. In an interview they detailed their vision which includes trying to get money in more ways than just making Google the default search engine, all of which involve growing the user base. He said that ignoring changes in technology doesn’t benefit users or the Internet, and alluded to some previously announced features that are in progress for Firefox, including on device AI tools for things like alttext generation and translation, and upcoming features like an AI browsing window which has more integration with an AI including ones that aren’t on the device depending on what the user selects.
      He reiterated that user control of data and privacy remains their biggest selling point, so that has to remain the focus of whatever path they take.

  • vga@sopuli.xyz
    12·
    2 个月前

    2.7% market share.

    As a comparison number, Linux’s market share is around 4.7% right now.

    • Cliff@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 个月前

      Which browsers are used by linux users if not firefox or one of its forks? Even on windows firefox was always the first thing i installed.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
    9·
    2 个月前

    Should’ve known from the get go, they called themselves fox and we let them sly bastard deceived us.

  • marcos@lemmy.world
    418·
    2 个月前

    Hum… The announcement was that it’s not going to hit itself in the dick with that hammer.

    Yes, it’s a weird announcement. No, it doesn’t mean it’s hitting itself.

      • marcos@lemmy.world
        12·
        2 个月前

        Just in case you didn’t realize, the announcement was that they are not pushing it into anybody.

        Again, weird announcement.

        • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
          6·
          2 个月前

          I mean:

          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.

          that’s from their blog

          I’m pretty sure that language implies they are willing to push it into everybody.

          • marcos@lemmy.world
            21·
            2 个月前

            If you keep reading it, you’ll get into where they say they won’t push it into anybody… that is almost the entire document.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 个月前

      A company turning off its user base because it’s shoving unwanted AI into it’s product is a lot like a self dick hammering.