Today, I step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation. It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and buil
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.
Are the first and third points not contradicting? Having control over AI in the browser means that the browser cannot be AI first. Maybe they need to step back and look at their core audience and a shifting user preference for less big tech and more control.
I hate to say it, but I’m assuming at this point that the “this is something you should be able to turn off” is just there because they want to soften the blow to their user base, but the “ai browser” is the real goal.
I’m worried you are right as well. Fortunately there are a number of great Firefox forks. I just wish they would put more focus into their core product.
One thing that really baffles me is that they aren’t getting any revenue for having a default AI or something like that. Surely one of these companies would pay some decent money to have their AI agent as the default just as Google does for search.
Are the first and third points not contradicting? Having control over AI in the browser means that the browser cannot be AI first. Maybe they need to step back and look at their core audience and a shifting user preference for less big tech and more control.
I hate to say it, but I’m assuming at this point that the “this is something you should be able to turn off” is just there because they want to soften the blow to their user base, but the “ai browser” is the real goal.
I’m worried you are right as well. Fortunately there are a number of great Firefox forks. I just wish they would put more focus into their core product.
One thing that really baffles me is that they aren’t getting any revenue for having a default AI or something like that. Surely one of these companies would pay some decent money to have their AI agent as the default just as Google does for search.