Google needs to fuck off.
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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The token is used to access Firefox’s server-side AI tools, like Smart Window, for rate-limiting purposes, ensuring only unmodified, Play-installed copies of Firefox on Google-certified devices use Mozilla’s1 compute infra.
That's... alright, that seems not unreasonable. Am I misunderstanding this?
So those of us without Google's spyware can't use Mozilla's AI crap? Lovely.
If only that one service had access to the API then I wouldn't care much, but it sounds like any website can now check if my phone is rooted and deny me access.
I'm someone who did not install mine via the play store, which sounds like means I don't have access.
Luckily I don't need it, but they just negotiated their user base