![]() Two new teams, focused on design and UX (user experience) will be created, and a new ML feature team will be assembled to add machine learning to Firefox. It’s making investments in Pocket, Hubs, VPN, Web Assembly, and various security and privacy products. ![]() In addition to the 250 job losses, some 60 people will be reassigned. All operations in Taipei are being closed. The internally facing memo sent to staff has a little more meat on it. ![]() ![]() We are told that “Mozilla must be a world-class, modern, multi-product internet organization,” that upholding its values is important, and that the company’s mindset needs to change from defending and protecting the internet as a platform to one that is “proactive, curious, and engaged.” The company will supposedly look for more opportunities to partner with other companies and to work with them on what they’re attempting to accomplish - which doesn’t necessarily square with the idea that it’s going to also double down on upholding its values, particularly when Point #5 of the letter is: “New focus on economics.” Here, Mozilla acknowledges that giving everything away for free hasn’t been a sustainable business model - something any journalist writing today would typically agree with - while then declaring that Mozilla must find new methods of monetization that honor and protect people. ![]()
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