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by mercer
3110 days ago
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I had this 'relationship' with Mozilla until the Pocket and Cliqz(?) debacles. Either one of these I'd have shrugged off as a misstep, but having done both kind of squandered the goodwill. And now with this too I think the only way to get me 'back' (and probably many others) is not just just some words and promises, but an explanation as to why they keep doing this kind of stuff, and some concrete solutions to keep it from happening (firing one or more higher-ups?). I'm rather skeptical that they will actually 'change their processes', but I really hope they do. While it might seem overblown, I'm even more inclined to stick with Chrome because at least that's a known 'evil', and do any sensitive stuff in Safari. I don't want it to be that way, but it do. |
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I'm subscribed to the RSS feed and I think there are clues in the posts over the last couple of years to explain why Mozilla feels so fake nowadays. Here are some choice quotes (FWIW I use Firefox on Desktop and Android pretty much exclusively, I think the product is great but the marketing is terrible):
"I have never worked for a company with so many middle managers."
"Full of corporate middle managers with not much to do. Expect many meetings with product managers, engineering managers, project managers, strategy managers, with one developer to solve simple problems."
"Management is rotten to the core. The company is very top heavy with some 30 executives that travel the world first class to have meetings in lavish places but in the end nothing comes from it."
"Cut the corporate bs at the top and empower the people doing actual work to drive where the company goes."
"Company vision and mission is feel-good therapy for the upper inner-circle. The company is bleeding talent and the core business is imploding."