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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by shock on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:53PM (#24124311)
> That's possible, but survival of Mozilla the software house making a lot of other stuff that generates revenue which is not the browser is none of my concern nor interest. I can see why as a Mozilla employee it would be your concern. But I see no difference between that work and that of any other software company. The browser is where the difference can be made.

This, a thousand times. I care about Mozilla as the makers of Firefox - the browser for the users.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by ryandrake on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @05:01PM (#24125920)
Between two (of many) possible outcomes:

1. Firefox dies and Mozilla dies

and

2. Firefox dies and Mozilla survives by making a chat app

These are identically bad to me as a user. In both cases, the only project users care about from the company is gone.

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