Discussion

• @dries Dries Buytaert on x

  Mozilla lays off ~70 employees after its 2019 plans to boost revenue streams outside of search did not pan out. Sometimes you have to make hard choices so you can refocus and try new approaches. Don't give up @Mozilla as you are the best we have! https://blog.mozilla.org/...

• @glenngabe Glenn Gabe on x

  91% of its royalty revenues came from search contracts (like with Google) -> Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for new products to generate revenue https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @steipete Peter Steinberger on x

  Mozilla's answer on “how to we make money besides Google paying us for search” is ... a paid VPN? https://techcrunch.com/...

• @harryhalpin @harryhalpin on x

  Let's be 100 percent clear: @mozilla betrayed the Open Web and it's values by explicitly supporting DRM at #W3C. Only within last few years have Mozilla taken privacy and security seriously. The future is @brave - I hope everyone laid off keeps fighting for the Open Web there! ht…

• @thejohnjansen John Jansen on x

  As good as my day was with shipping Edge, I didn't see this until now. And this sucks. If you were impacted, search the MS careers site for browser work and ping me if interested. I'll help if I can. https://techcrunch.com/...

• @guerojeff Jeff Beatty on x

  Today's been a hard day for many at Mozilla. If you're looking to add rock star level remote QA engineers, managers, and product people to your organization, please let me know. We want to make sure these ex-Mozillians land softly somewhere awesome. https://techcrunch.com/...

• @sherrylorance Sherry Lorance on x

  It's been a hard and sad day for all of us. If you're hiring there are 70 incredible, thoughtful, and innovative people that any company would be lucky to have. #mozillalifeboat https://blog.mozilla.org/...