Mozilla Introduces Firefox Enterprise

https://www.firefox.com/en-US/enterprise/

75•recvonline•1h ago

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sixhobbits•1h ago

every announcement I see from Mozilla makes me happier that I switched to WaterFox last year and don't have to deal with their shit any more

auslegung•57m ago

What do you dislike about this announcement?

zecg•42m ago

How they list "AI controls — allow, restrict or disable AI tools" which Firefox now has under Enterprise, but not normal version.

malfist•33m ago

Firefox does have a setting to disable all AI features. It's in your settings: Settings > AI Controls > Block AI Features

ashenke•30m ago

There is a AI menu in Firefox where you can disable individual AI features, as well as a single toggle to disable every current and future features.

GrinningFool•29m ago

You can already do that in regular firefox. I think in this case, it's adding the capability to enable/disable via policy at the enterprise level.

gustavus•1h ago

Now this is the kind of Mozilla project I can get behind it focuses on the browser it gives a potential path for revenue and I practically jumped up and down when they announced their bringing in Thunderbird.

Solid props to Mozilla for this one. Good job.

stuff4ben•25m ago

Right?!? There's a lot of negative sentiment on the comments here on HN but probably from people that don't understand locked down corps and other higher-security work environments where these features are needed. Plus not relying on Microsoft/Google is always a good thing. I can definitely see this being useful in hospitals, government orgs, etc.

mxuribe•14m ago

100% agreed, that this is a great idea for Mozilla! Maybe its not exciting like some new tech....but to those who like firefox and/or support open source offerings, digital sovereignty, etc....and also want to have that as an option at their enterprise, i think this is really good! Now, the hope is that orgs tap into it (so it can keep growing), plus i sure hope Mozilla manages this right...but overall, i think this is very encouraging, and I for one am very happy to see it being offered!

kevincox•15m ago

Not only revenue but enterprise users are valuable market share. Think of things like Slack calling which last I checked don't work in Firefox unless you spoof the user-agent. More enterprise users will force better Firefox support in a huge variety of websites which will benefit all Firefox users.

t_mahmood•9m ago

s17tnet•1h ago

And yet, still no simple way to self host the their syncserver (syncstorage-rs) without the mozilla account abomination.

soco•49m ago

Are you using, or planning to use, the Enterprise version, and feel like this functionality is missing? Or is the complain about the regular release? I'm asking because I fail to see the link...

CodesInChaos•51m ago

No public price information. I wonder how much they charge.

boesboes•47m ago

That's how you know it's enterprise!

jqpabc123•43m ago

If you have to ask the question, you're probably not going to like the answer.

InsideOutSanta•30m ago

It's enterprise, so the cost is 500k unless you don't want to pay so much, then it's 50k.

KingOfCoders•17m ago

Or the sales rep needs to make their quarterly numbers.

InsidiousWombat•46m ago

> Firefox Enterprise puts customer privacy, independence and control first.

So what before came as main advantage of Firefox is now dropped and put behind the paywall?

jqpabc123•45m ago

Firefox Enterprise puts customer privacy, independence and control first.

Thanks for the open admission that regular Firefox does not.

rockdoe•21m ago

Pretty sure that's Firefox in contrast to the other alternatives in the Enterprise space.

LtWorf•14m ago

"control first" to the IT department instead of the user.

Telaneo•3m ago

No, they do not infact hate pancakes.

zecg•43m ago

Does this mean they will remove "AI controls" (i.e. a way to completely shut all LLM shit off) from normal Firefox?

sunaookami•35m ago

No, why would you think that?

cowsandmilk•21m ago

The page literally says

> AI controls — allow, restrict or disable AI tools

So the answer is yes, no need for making up a cynical answer.

rockdoe•17m ago

I think that just means https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/ will be administrator controlled in Enterprise settings. As in, the admin can force-disable all that stuff.

llm_nerd•15m ago

Ignoring that a feature page for a tier can include features from other "tiers", they're explicitly describing central governance and configuration of this.

So the answer is no, no need for reading tea leaves and making stuff up.

And I mean, does everyone here know that Firefox is open source?

malfist•7m ago

Features aren't a zero sum game. Enterprise can have a set of features, and the consumer version can have the same feature. Turn the example around. Enterprise Firefox will render HTML. That does not mean the consumer version will have the ability to render HTML removed.

So the answer isn't yes. The answer is we don't know if they will or will not remove the feature from non-enterprise, but it doesn't seem likely.

sdcfgy•41m ago

I can't think of a single enterprise who I have worked with or know who'd pay for this when there's Chrome or Edge available.

ndegruchy•35m ago

There's already Island browser that competes in this space. Plenty of companies pay for browser control that goes beyond what the normal policies can provide.

fractalf•29m ago

Once again Mozilla invents stuff noone wants. Its just incredible how an "org" with so much income fails again and again

jqpabc123•21m ago

It's income they don't really earn.

Like a rich kid living on daddy's money, they're somewhat disconnected from the reality that most people exist in.

evolve2k•18m ago

They need to try. I also feeling like there’s likley growing demand globally; like they mentioned. A need for greater digital sovereignty.

Kuyawa•25m ago

Does it block ads like Brave without installing extensions? Tracking is one of the worst plagues of modern browsing so blocking all kinds of tracking and fingerprinting should be the first concern in an enterprise. Nothing should leak to the outside world

rockdoe•24m ago

This feature ships in Firefox for a few years IIRC? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote...

I agree with the other person though that you should install uBlock Origin in Firefox (which works better there than in Chromium based browsers) and never look back.

tokai•21m ago

If its first concern why would you use a browser that has ben caught injecting affiliate codes?

ahartmetz•9m ago

Note: that browser is Brave, I think the downvoters might have been confused

ahartmetz•11m ago

Well, just install the fucking extension in Firefox. There is nothing else that is as good as uBlock Origin. E.g. Reddit prevents you from reading unless you log in? There's a filter for that in an "annoyances" block-list that you can activate.

SuperNinKenDo•21m ago

So much negativity in here. I mean, I get the antipathy toward Mozilla, but they're trying to find a way to make the actual browser a revenue stream. Yeah it could skew incentives or something, but unless you believe that you, and everyone you know is ready to start a paid subscription to Firefox Personal tomorrow, it's something like this, or more Google deals and pushing "service" integrations.

Seriously, this place is so damn negative these days, but not even constructively.

PaulHoule•13m ago

Probably the most practical idea Firefox has had to maintain and possibly build up its market share in a long time.

nicoburns•13m ago

This was needed. A lot of large businesses ban Firefox because they don't have these kind of controls. I can't test Firefox on my work computer because company policy prevents it being installed. And that kind of thing really hurts Firefox.

dzonga•12m ago

this is move that should have been done a long time ago + with a bundled vpn or equivalent of a tailscale in the browser.

Mozilla would have made tons of money.

lenerdenator•5m ago

Hopefully they still can. Healthy Firefox == healthy browser market.

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