It doesn't matter how constrained Chrome becomes if Mozilla can't pay any developers. Hence Mozilla's reaction being one focusing on "collateral damage" and "Unintended harm".
to be fair while i have some sympathy with the general issue of having to go up against Google in the browser market, Mozilla should have long done something to diversify their income.
On that very page they mention they have a long history of innovative products, but apart from the browser they don't really have anything that seems to generate significant revenue, with almost ~750 employees and a pretty huge budget.