Mozilla lays off 70
Not sure of Mozilla’s financial or organizational structure but it seems to be part of a larger trend of de-emphasizing QA departments at software shops large and small over the past 10 or so years.<p>In many ways test automation tooling has become much easier to use, develop, and manage.<p>But I suspect the larger driving force is that it’s (arguably) a cost center for an org. The burden of ensuring software quality can be shifted to devs and PMs, though usually with mixed results.<p>For Mozilla, axing quality and security first is a bad look when those are crucial aspects of a privacy-first company value.