Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI
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Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI
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#2Note also the link to the Mastodon post by Mozilla’s Gabriele Svelto:
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#3The VPN is just an upsold Mullvad account, and the social media they run is embarrassingly knee-jerk overmoderated. If there has to be layoffs anywhere, I'm glad they're predominately there.
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#4Could someone explain how does rising interest rates and the current economic environment result in a _nonprofit_ organization needing to layoff staff?
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#5Yikes, that says Mozilla Social is shutting down. Wasn't that just a huge focus 6 months ago?
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#6Could someone explain how does rising interest rates and the current economic environment result in a _nonprofit_ organization needing to layoff staff?
Why would a nonprofit be immune from economic circumstances?
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#7Could someone explain how does rising interest rates and the current economic environment result in a _nonprofit_ organization needing to layoff staff?
Every organization has budgets, regardless of whether they're for-profit or non-profit.
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#8Yikes, that says Mozilla Social is shutting down. Wasn't that just a huge focus 6 months ago?
I wouldn't say it was huge. It sounded more like an experiment.
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#9Could someone explain how does rising interest rates and the current economic environment result in a _nonprofit_ organization needing to layoff staff?
Do non profits operate on no money suddenly?
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#10> Mozilla will focus on bringing “trustworthy AI into Firefox.”
I hope they will give us ability to turn it off. Or at least LibreWolf will turn it off / remove it. I’d rather they add optional small subscription fee to support themselves if they have to than add AI or some other questionable functionalities.