Firefox and Mozilla Commit Suicide With Slop

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 17, 2025,
updated Dec 20, 2025

• Firefox and Mozilla Commit Suicide With Slop, Market Share Falls to New Low

  Based on what they're saying, they double down on chatbots (Microsoft's, they baked these into Firefox, we assume in exchange for money from Microsoft) and they talk totally delirious nonsense. Sheer lunacy.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser" | GamingOnLinux

  Just like Google plan with Chrome, Mozilla aren't sitting still on expanding Firefox into something resembling a web browser but with more AI.

• OMG Ubuntu ☛ Mozilla’s New CEO Says Firefox Will ‘Evolve into an AI Browser’

  Anthony Enzor-DeMeo has finally taken up his role as CEO of Mozilla Corporation, publishing a blog post to celebrate in which he spells out the company’s “next chapter”.

  The headline news? He says Firefox will remain an “anchor” for the company, but confirms it is to “evolve into a modern AI browser” — to unlock new revenue opportunities for the company.

  Enzor-DeMeo’s post is refreshingly light on the GPT-isms most of Mozilla’s recent public output is full of, suggesting that a human wrote it. But the vision laid out within reads like one where revenue matters more than users do.

  My snarky explainer on Mozilla’s”rewiring” to AI — where year-on-year revenue increases from AI features form part of a “double bottom line” for the company — touched on reasons why the pivot is more about C-suite’s needs than us plebs riding cattle-class.

  And the AI strategy hinges, in part, on the upcoming Firefox AI Window, rumoured to be a prompt-driven experience where we type in questions rather than Urls, and read machine-mediated summaries of what a human wrote, than hear a human speak.

Update

• Michael Tsai ☛ New Mozilla CEO

• The Register UK ☛ Mozilla Corporation installs Firefox driver in CEO reboot

  Mozilla Corporation on Tuesday said it has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Laura Chambers, who served as interim CEO for the past two years.

  Enzor-DeMeo has been the general manager of Firefox since August 2025. He joined Mozilla in December 2024 from Roofstock, a platform for real estate investors focused on the single-family rental market.

LWN:

• Mozilla gets a new CEO: Anthony Enzor-DeMeo

  Mozilla has announced a new CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo. Prior to becoming CEO, Enzor-DeMeo was general manager of Firefox and led its "vision, strategy, and business performance". He has published a blog post about taking over from interim CEO Laura Chambers, and his plans for Mozilla and Firefox: [...]

Belated damage control:

• GamingOnLinux ☛ Firefox dev clarifies there will be an AI 'kill switch' | GamingOnLinux

  The saga continues! A Firefox developer has taken to social media to note there will be some sort of "kill switch" to completely remove AI features in the wake of the news about more AI features coming along with the new CEO.

A couple more:

• Firefox Will Ship with an “AI Kill Switch” to Completely Disable all Hey Hi (AI) Features

  Mozilla is working on an Hey Hi (AI) kill switch for the Firefox open-source web browser to let users completely disable all Hey Hi (AI) features.

• AI could spell the final end of Firefox - unless Mozilla does this

  Mozilla has a new CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, who has assured the world that changes are coming to the Firefox web browser. Firefox will remain the cornerstone of the organization, but it will evolve into an AI browser.

  Enzor-DeMeo also stated, in a Verge interview, that he will not block ad blockers in Firefox because doing so would go against the company's mission to protect user rights and offer user choice. At the same time, he mentioned that blocking ad blockers could bring in an estimated $150 million in additional revenue. Just imagine the pushback from the Firefox community.

  But back to AI.

  AI-centric browsers are popping up all over the place. Perplexity has one, as does Microsoft, Brave, Opera, and many others. People are starting to warm up to the idea of AI being embedded in their browsers. According to a Market.US report, "The global AI browser market size is expected to be worth around USD $76.8 billion by 2034, from USD $4.5 billion in 2024, growing at a CAGR of 32.8% during the forecast period from 2025 to 2034."

3 more:

• Mozilla right now. - David Revoy

• Is Firefox Firefucked?

  I've been using Firefox for over 20 years at this point, but after a stream of cock-ups, I'm thinking about moving on.

• Mozilla's new CEO: AI is coming to Firefox, but you can turn it off

  While Mozilla’s sudden embracing of AI is disappointing for many Firefox fans, it’s perhaps unsurprising given the company’s recent struggles. Firefox’s worldwide browser market share has stagnated between 2% and 2.5% over the last year, with a small but noticeable downward trend in recent months. In 2024, Mozilla laid off 30 percent of its staff.