Exclusive: Mozilla names new CEO as it doubles down on data privacy
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Laura Chambers will step in as interim CEO to run operations until a permanent replacement is found.

Mozilla Corp., which manages the open-source Firefox browser, announced today that Mitchell Baker is stepping down as CEO to focus on AI and internet safety as chair of the nonprofit foundation. Laura Chambers, a Mozilla board member and entrepreneur with experience at Airbnb, PayPal, and eBay, will step in as interim CEO to run operations until a permanent replacement is found.

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  • selokichtli@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 years ago

    They should focus more on their mobile browser. At this point the desktop browser is on par with Chrome. People who use Chrome does it because they don’t care enough about privacy, but on mobile there is a noticeable difference between their performances.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      0·
      2 years ago

      I think they need to integrate better with their paid offerings to build additional revenue streams. For example, Mozilla VPN works with Container Tabs, but I had to look for it; that’s a pretty killer feature IMO. Make it work on mobile too and a lot of people would be interested. Maybe they could white label a password manager (Bitwarden?) as an alternative to their built-in PW manager service, and make the experience really good. Throw in Relay as well.

      There’s a lot they could do with opt-in, privacy-centric features that I would be totally interested in.

      • kewjo@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        Maybe they could white label a password manager (Bitwarden?)

        not sure starting at which version, but in android you can set bitwarden as a default password manager system wide which integrates pretty seamlessly with firefox and other apps. only place i know bitwarden doesn’t really integrate well with firefox is on Linux but that seems more due to bitwardens lack of interest to implement freedesktop apis.

        i agree though with additional revenue streams, they need to break dependence on Google search engine revenue. maybe spend research on alternative monitization to ads and sponsored content that could be implemented at a browser level and split revenue between browser and websites.

      • WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 years ago

        They will in the EU. Hopefully it’s easy to game the system and sideload a non-safari browser in the future.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      01·
      2 years ago

      Honestly I think its the opposite. The UI on desktop look awful and is clunky. The mobile version is nice and pleasant.

      • Mike D.@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 years ago

        I use FF and the desktop and don’t care about the look of the UI. I’m happy FF is fast and doesn’t have memory leaks.

        Making the mobile experience better will go further with helping Mozilla in general than making the desktop UI look pretty.