Firefox makes all the mistakes, more Wayland work

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Dec 20, 2025

Mozilla's new leadership aims to transform Firefox into an AI-integrated browser, including a controversial global AI kill switch. The community worries about potential ad blocker bans. Plasma 6.6 is set to tackle major Wayland issues, enhancing functionalities like screen mirroring. GNOME takes a stand against AI-generated extensions, while Rust gains a permanent place in the Linux kernel. Denmark explores migrating to a Linux-based system, and notable performance boosts are reported for gaming through NVK Mesa improvements.

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Firefox Turns Toward AI As Core Focus

Mozilla's new CEO plans to make Firefox a "modern AI browser," shifting core focus to AI integrations.
Nick argues this duplicates existing offerings and wastes Mozilla's differentiation potential.

ADVICE

Use Forks Or Extensions Instead

If you dislike Mozilla's direction, use forks or remove vanilla Firefox from your systems.
Rely on extension developers to build AI features instead of centralizing them in Firefox.

INSIGHT

Servo Engine Shows Useful Progress

Servo released progress but remains far from replacing major browsers as a complete UI is still needed.
Engine improvements (context menus, video controls, parallel CSS parsing) make future browsers plausible.

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