Microsoft won the First Browser War, and the Web was worse for it.
Google won the Second Browser War, and the Web is worse for it.
There will be a third, because monopolies only stagnate, regress, and fester. But #Mozilla's chance to lead the way to a better World Wide Web has today gone from small to none.
Trivia: I switched to #Firefox when it was named Phoenix (or just changed name to Firebird, IDR) because IE became not-a-choice, Netscape 4 was buggier on NT/2K than 9X, Netscape 6 was too crashy, and the Mozilla Suite (later reborn as SeaMonkey) was overkill for my needs.
It's once again the season for the Plan 9 from Outer Space of Christmas movies, a festive movie so bad it's good, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians
The #Firefox GM who added the poisoned chalice of #AI to the browser, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, is now the #Mozilla Corporation CEO.
In his first post as CEO, "Mozilla’s next chapter: Building the world’s most trusted software company", he explains how he'll do the exact opposite by making Firefox "a modern AI browser."
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/
Going to start referring to people bringing ai “art” etc where it’s not wanted, as Sloperatives.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2025-is-ais-slop
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