☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> is made up of several organizations, one of which is the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MozillaCorporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MozillaCorporation</span></a>, which develops Firefox and other technologies, and another is its nonprofit and tax-exempt <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MozillaFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MozillaFoundation</span></a>, which oversees Mozilla’s corporate governance structure and sets the browser maker’s policies. Much of Mozilla’s work focused on advocating for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a>, and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technologies</span></a>, and “to create <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/safer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safer</span></a>, more <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/transparent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparent</span></a> online experiences for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/everyone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>everyone</span></a>,” which ultimately benefit the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> maker and its <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a>.</p><p>Announcing the layoffs in an email to all employees on October 30, the Mozilla Foundation’s executive director <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NabihaSyed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NabihaSyed</span></a> confirmed that two of the foundation’s major divisions — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Advocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advocacy</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GlobalPrograms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalPrograms</span></a> — are “no longer a part of our structure.””</p><p>There you go. One side of Mozilla builds the tools of the Internet, the other does… I can’t for the life of me see what. It’s the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MozillaFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MozillaFoundation</span></a> who cant engineer the tools that are doing “deals” with others to make things safer. </p><p>The power to make change for the better of the Internet is being moved from direct impact, ie: basic technology and applied applications TO soft corporate influence through manifestos, papers, jobs and pay for influencers and collaborations with third parties…</p><p>I know what is more effective. Basic engineering and applied products because it scales.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Layoffs</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CorporatePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatePolicy</span></a> <<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-staff-drops-advocacy-division/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozi</span><span class="invisible">lla-foundation-lays-off-30-staff-drops-advocacy-division/</span></a>></p>