Apparently Mozilla is doing a smallish (60 person) layoff. The cuts seems to be other projects and not Firefox itself but I can't say I love seeing this:
Going forward, the company said in an internal memo, Mozilla will focus on bringing “trustworthy AI into Firefox.” To do so, it will bring together the teams that work on Pocket, Content and AI/Ml.
Also, maybe this reads better in some broader context but I can't imagine people were excited for this:
With mozilla.social, we made a big bet in 2023 to build a safer, better social media experience, based on Mastodon and the Fediverse. Our initial approach was based on a belief that Mozilla needed to quickly reach large scale in order to effectively shape the future of social media
Even if Mozilla had a spotless record and I thought there was nothing salvageable about how Mastodon is being run, becoming load-bearing quickly so you can 'effectively shape' a project doesn't seem like a way of winning friends