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Mozilla Lays Off 70 People as Non-search Revenue Fails to Materialize
Mozilla lays off 70 people as non-search revenue fails to materialize:
Mozilla has laid off 70 people, TechCrunch reports. It's a significant move for an organization that employs around 1,000 people worldwide.
"You may recall that we expected to be earning revenue in 2019 and 2020 from new subscription products as well as higher revenue from sources outside of search," wrote Mozilla interim CEO Mitchell Baker in a memo to staff obtained by TechCrunch. "This did not happen."
Baker said Mozilla had decided not to shelve Mozilla's $43 million innovation fund, which focuses on creating new Mozilla products. She said Mozilla would provide "generous exit packages and outplacement support" to those who were let go.
Mozilla Lays Off 70 Employees
Mozilla lays off 70 employees:
Mozilla laid off about 70 employees Wednesday as part of an effort to preserve funding for its top new priorities like protecting privacy and fighting surveillance online. The nonprofit is best known for creating the Firefox web browser, but it also is expanding into new areas including password management, file sharing and private network connections while doubling down on its longstanding push to improve online privacy.
"We're making a significant investment to fund innovation. In order to do that responsibly, we've also had to make some difficult choices which led to the elimination of roles at Mozilla which we announced internally today," Mozilla Chair Mitchell Baker said of the layoffs in a blog post.
And Mozilla is being more cautious with revenue and expenses. "We are taking a more conservative approach to our finances. This will enable us to pivot as needed to respond to market threats to internet health, and champion user privacy and agency," Mozilla said in a statement.
(Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Saturday January 18 2020, @06:17PM
Howto geek is far from canon for me on matters of security. Far.
I can understand how 'getting updates' can 'make you more secure' but it also cannot, see microsoft update tuesday fiascos.
I think a company that needs automatic updates on is one who does not understand security and is making a product so complex they cannot be sure it functions when shipped.
That is a defective product. That is people who have no confidence in their product. That is also a slimy lateral control move, now they can push whatever updates they want and most people won't check. Now they can jigger with settings, which we know they have done.
The fact we are even having this discussion in 2020 means everything is broken, we can't agree on what a browser is and what a web server is. Pale moon folk seem to have that down, chrome and firefox do not, and at the same time want to take on other projects when their primary one is not even close to being done.
If you let advertisers have a seat at the browser and webserver and privacy discussion, you will neither get a browser, webserver or privacy, are you still sure you want to ride that horse? From a site that relies on adds and is part of a larger add network?