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Predictions for the new year

Jonathan Corbet · 5 Jan 2026

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  1. A Firefox that continues to chase buzzwords or appease advertisers will sink without a trace.
  2. The world desperately needs an independent browser project that serves its users; one can only hope that Mozilla rediscovers its old mission to fill that need.
  3. the use of LLMs for code review will increase sharply in 2026.
  4. The risk is that projects will quickly become dependent on proprietary systems that are unsustainable (in both climate and economic senses).
  5. A platform that denies this ability is not free. This restriction may increase interest in alternatives based on the Android Open Source Project. But the world needs a truly free operating system for mobile devices.
  6. Distributors that leave much of their work to third-repositories may end up losing users to those that hold to their original mission.
  7. Free software is the obvious platform on which an independent digital infrastructure can be built
  8. If the AI bubble collapses, it may free the industry from its current large-model obsession and allow us to find ways to make some of that technology useful on a smaller, more distributed scale.

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