tech/startup culture loves the "making the world a better place" is such a crock, but i believe that Mozilla actually does. i do have more sympathy from a Mozilla layoff than somewhere like FB/Twitter/Uber/etc.
They were warned about taking money and relying on Google for several years, now the money has dried up and the curtain has been pulled back from them, they only have a bookmark manager and a VPN as paid services to show for it.
Sad indeed.