FORMER Mozilla employee, FWIW. Mozilla doesn't exist for its developers. Most of its developers could make a lot more money working elsewhere. The reality is

FORMER Mozilla employee, FWIW. Mozilla doesn't exist for its developers. Most of its developers could make a lot more money working elsewhere. The reality is that if Firefox isn't competitive in performance, security, and Web compatibility, very few people will use it, in which case why even bother? There's more at stake here than just privacy, too. An open platform that isn't controlled by a single vendor, that doesn't have gatekeepers, that has lots of content AND lots of clients is really important. The standards-based Web is the only candidate at this point. Mozilla cares a lot about that, and they need a competitive browser with significant marketshare or they have no leverage.