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Mozilla Names New CEO, Firefox To Evolve Into A "Modern AI Browser"
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this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
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for context, the new CEO has been general manager of firefox for a couple of years now, and was all-in on the AI shit then too.
I do think Firefox has done some good shit since his appointment, such as holding steadfast on Manifest V2 (which protects ad blockers), mobile web extensions (Which I use to the web without ads on my android!) and rolling out improvements to the UI/UX.
However, Firefox is well behind on API adoption which leaves it looking a bit crap when you're trying to access modern web apps like Photopea only to be told "oh yeah lol this feature isnt supported". AI slop is gonna slow this adoption further if not managed!
I don't think we should have infinite growth in web standards.
Photopea shouldn't be a website.
Fair take