This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox browser.
I feel bad for the people who were eliminated. The browser has been stagnating for a while now, maybe a smaller team can be more focused on making a better, more modern browser.
The mobile browser is top notch. The desktop browser has been slowly catching up with the basic innovations of other browsers.
They definitely need to find a new source of funding.
They need another source of funding, maybe cutting salaries of the Cs would work for one.
I don’t think this is them focussing back on the browser, especially looking at the job listings posted in another comment. It seems to me it’s just a focus on AI, probably in the hope of making money.
Pretty sure, Google is at the forefront of that endeavor. Apple has no interest in keeping up. And Mozilla needs to stay in the talks for whatever Google proposes to ensure the webstandard can be implemented by others.
I feel bad for the people who were eliminated. The browser has been stagnating for a while now, maybe a smaller team can be more focused on making a better, more modern browser.
The mobile browser is top notch. The desktop browser has been slowly catching up with the basic innovations of other browsers.
They definitely need to find a new source of funding.
They need another source of funding, maybe cutting salaries of the Cs would work for one.
I don’t think this is them focussing back on the browser, especially looking at the job listings posted in another comment. It seems to me it’s just a focus on AI, probably in the hope of making money.
They need to stop bloating the web, so that browser development stops taking billion dollar budgets.
Pretty sure, Google is at the forefront of that endeavor. Apple has no interest in keeping up. And Mozilla needs to stay in the talks for whatever Google proposes to ensure the webstandard can be implemented by others.
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