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Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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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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[–] T156 52 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)

If Mozilla does become defunct, it does raise the question of whether Chrome would be considered a Google monopoly, and therefore subject to antitrust legislation.

I can't imagine any governments would look kindly upon internet access being guarded behind a single company's product.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] T156 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] ChapulinColorado 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.

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