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True, Mozilla and Firefox had been still producing important work. You need to look no further than the JavaScript, Rust, and WebAssembly languages. They were also champions of security and privacy. Projects such as DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and overall security improvements were great, but in 2020 Mozilla laid off numerous developers.
First, Mozilla laid off some of its most senior staffers. These weren t office drones. They were top developers, such as Liz Henry, then the Firefox release manager, and today Twitch s, the live streaming platform for gamers, senior release manager.
Mitchell Baker, Mozilla Corporation CEO and Mozilla Foundation Chairwoman, blamed this latest round on the coronavirus pandemic. Baker added that the old model where everything was free has consequences, means we must explore a range of different business opportunities and alternate value exchanges.