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Mozilla CEO quits, org pivots, but what about Firefox?

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Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker steps down as CEO of open-source browser Mozilla .

Mozilla Foundation's donations to the Mozilla Foundation amounted to $15.5 million in 2021 .

Mozilla 's revenue dropped from $527,585,000 to $510,389,000 in 2022 .

Mozilla only stays in the black because Google pays Mozilla hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties annually .

That sounds good, but what does that have to do with Firefox ? How can Firefox, or any Mozilla project, help with these nebulous feel-good goals? It's hard to buy that all's well with Mozilla , given Baker 's poor results at shepherding Firefox forward and the lack of a real replacement CEO. The truth of the matter is that Mozilla is a business, and it's one that isn't growing. Can it right itself? Can Firefox come back? Honestly, I don't see it, and this management change gives me no reason to believe otherwise..

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