--- title: Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay... description: Mozilla has laid off 250 employees (25% of staff) citing falling income, while Firefox market share has collapsed from 30% to 4% over a decade. Despite... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/firefox-usage-is-down-85-despite-mozilla-s-top-exec-pay-going-up-400--hpoklix7x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400% | daily.dev og:description: Mozilla has laid off 250 employees (25% of staff) citing falling income, while Firefox market share has collapsed from 30% to 4% over a decade. Despite... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/firefox-usage-is-down-85-despite-mozilla-s-top-exec-pay-going-up-400--hpoklix7x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HpoKlIX7x.png og:image:alt: Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400% og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400% **[Cal Paterson](https://daily.dev/sources/calpaterson)** · 11 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Mozilla has laid off 250 employees (25% of staff) citing falling income, while Firefox market share has collapsed from 30% to 4% over a decade. Despite receiving up to half a billion dollars annually in Google search royalties for years, Mozilla failed to build financial independence. The analysis applies NGO evaluation criteria to Mozilla: 30% of spending goes to administration (which would score zero on Charity Navigator), top executive pay reached $2.4m/year (up 400%), and the organization diversified into numerous side projects (many now abandoned) instead of focusing on Firefox. The author argues Mozilla should cut administrative costs, focus on Firefox, and consider direct user funding rather than continuing to launch new products like VPN services that don't address users' actual privacy needs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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