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Mozilla Will Shutdown Firefox Orbit AI assistant and Deepfake Detector add-ons on June 26. (reddthat.com)

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Orbit AI assistant: Orbit will shut down on June 26, 2025.
Deep Fake Detector: Deepfake Detector will shut down on June 26, 2025.

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[–] emergence_trailblazer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Do they say why somewhere ?

[–] Lyubo@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 days ago

Mozilla can't sustain so many services. Pocket is irrelevant now and parts of it are implemented directly in FireFox. They've decided to cut expenses and focus on the most important- FireFox.

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 days ago

Mozillas statement:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

But the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match browsing habits today.

Soo… nobody needed that tool any more? Did they ever though?