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Mozilla lays off 70

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929 points ameshkov | 5 comments | 15 Jan 20 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lizzard ◴[15 Jan 20 22:24 UTC] No.22059482[source]▶
Well, it's been a truly amazing place to work, and I've enjoyed it so much, right up until being laid off today. Really the smartest and coolest engineers I've ever known and the best community! I have had my hand in shipping every version of Firefox since around version 30 and it's been great. Especially working in such an open environment. Onward to the next adventure.
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1. Aperocky ◴[16 Jan 20 03:01 UTC] No.22061326[source]▶
As someone who jumped from chrome since quantum came out, I can't appreciate Mozilla enough, sadly things are not made to last...

I'm guilty too having used such great tool but haven't directly contributed anything.

But from what I hear, it seem the layoffs are directed not by technical reasons, and amazing people were let go. In this case, I fear for the future of firefox, which are not well protected or funded like the open sourced titan Linux.

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2. pbhjpbhj ◴[16 Jan 20 09:07 UTC] No.22062830[source]▶
Mozilla gets $$$$ from Google, they seem pretty well funded?
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3. merb ◴[16 Jan 20 09:41 UTC] No.22062981[source]▶
actually I'm pretty sure that the money goes to the mozilla innovation fund and not directly to mozilla? not sure how easily they can withdraw money from there.
4. tehbeard ◴[16 Jan 20 09:42 UTC] No.22062994[source]▶
Getting funding from your biggest rival isn't exactly the most stable strat long term...

Mismanagement of funds/personnel not withstanding.

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5. zobzu ◴[16 Jan 20 10:22 UTC] No.22063222{3}[source]▶
to be fair it worked for like 2 decades, it feels long termish. but i don't really disagree.

the current model really is: Google needs Mozilla to survive so that they have less chances to get split due to monopoly in the browser market