User agency over “smart” automation used to be a founding principle for Firefox, and this spits in the face of that.
- AI breaks the “inspectability” contract of open-source software
- AI features inherently centralize power, which Firefox is supposed to resist
- AI features break privacy by encouraging data extraction by default
- AI features could be a voluntary extension not owned by Mozilla.
Firefox users actually want:
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Fast rendering
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Standards compliance
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Low memory usage
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Predictable behavior
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Strong privacy defaults
Your decision violates user trust and spits in the face of your founding philosophies. Shame on leadership and especially this new CEO.
