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Mozilla partner Perplexity advertised in search engine dropdown (media.piefed.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.world
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when clicking the search dropdown, I see "this time search with: / Amazon / Bing / DuckDuckGo / eBay / Wikipedia / Perplexity [New] / Bookmarks...
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[–] [S] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

It's not like any other search engine though, is it? Mozilla gave it a special position on their list due to money changing hands. But they had the gall to claim it was actually due to user feedback, a claim their forums do not support).

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Mozilla has added search engines to their default list like this before for similar reasons of sponsorship. Google is the default search engine because Google paid Mozilla a fortune.

    How do their forums not support this? If it's just that "it sure looks like everyone's raging about this!" Bear in mind that social media is very bubbly, it focuses and amplifies whatever voices are the loudest and angriest. Look around one of the technology communities' reactions to anything AI and you'd be hard pressed to guess that chatgpt.com is the fifth-most-visited website in existence currently.

    Got any actual survey information? I wouldn't be surprised if Mozilla's got some.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Why would you jump to this assumption?

    Mozilla points to the forums when they blamed users for wanting the inclusion.

    I don't know why you would assume things that are the polar opposite of what Mozilla says.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    What assumption? From the page you linked this is all that's said about the decision to add the Perplexity search addition:

    Earlier this year, we gave you more choice in how you search by testing Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine, as a search option on Firefox. Now, after positive feedback, we’re making it a fixture, rolling it out to more users for desktop.

    How does this indicate that the "positive feedback" was from the forums? That seems like an assumption you're making here.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You quoted a paragraph that links here.

    I would encourage you to actually read the things you quote!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's a forum post where Mozilla is announcing their decision. And that links to an issues list where a request for Perplexity was posted. None of that suggests it was due to "positive feedback from the forums."

    Regardless, whether the forums "support" it or not, I've pointed out how social media is a bubble and you can't draw reliable conclusions from how the comment votes or the amount of flames measure up.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    You are downright lying about the content of that post.

    They are soliciting input.

    Your input will help us understand when Perplexity adds real value... We can’t wait to hear what you think!

    And the input is in that thread is far more negative than positive.

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