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Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/46655413

The Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Firefox browser maker Mozilla, has laid off 30% of its employees as the organization says it faces a “relentless onslaught of change.”

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[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Splitting Chrome from Google wouldn't make Chrome not a monopoly, though, right?

[–] T156@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The split might leave a monopoly still, if it's the only major browser.

[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It would be a lot easier to compete with though, since Google couldn’t treat it as a loss leader that still bring them in search revenue by default.