Any large successful project is going to need well paid experienced executives.
That's not true at all. There are plenty of large, successfull projects that don't have well paid experienced executives.
Like in your other comment suggesting there’s no evidence that users love chat bots - you can absolutely guarantee that mozilla has conducted some market research indicating that it’s a feature set that will attract more users.
I can not guarantee that at all. They have a long history of doing things to make money, at the cost of users. I don't see why this has to be any different.
However, it’s hubris to suggest that your own assessment of the market is more accurate than mozilla’s - exactly the kind of hubris you’re accusing mozilla of.
That's not what I'm accusing them of at all. What I'm accusing them of is having mis-aligned goals.
My goal would be to have useful, free software that gives agency and power to it's users.
Mozilla's goal is to give their executives a lot of money, by pretending to give a shit about their users, while openly selling them out.
I've had people knock on my door trying to push stuff that I even agree with: fixing climate change, helping the homeless, anti-trump stuff....
And I still want them to GTFO. If someone interrupts my day, I'm not gonna listen to their pitch at all. It has to be something important, and something that I can help with right now.