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That's interesting because I've seen plenty of articles over the years stating that they get a ton of money via the search agreements - not to mention the peopl
by Esau 10y ago
That's interesting because I've seen plenty of articles over the years stating that they get a ton of money via the search agreements - not to mention the people who donate code. Shouldn't they be self sustaining?
- bitL 10y agoYahoo! is going belly up so not sure they can rely on search agreements for much longer. It's better if they have some direct small individual customers I think.
- twblalock 10y agoI'm pretty sure Mozilla has a clause in the contract with Yahoo that covers this: http://www.recode.net/2016/7/7/12116296/marissa-mayer-deal-mozilla-yahoo-payment http://www.recode.net/2016/7/7/12116296/marissa-mayer-deal-m... "According to the change-of-control term, 9.1 in the agreement, Mozilla has the right to leave the partnership if — under its sole discretion and in a certain time period — it did not deem the new partner acceptable. And if it did that, even if it struck another search deal, Yahoo is still obligated to pay out annual revenue guarantees of $375 million."
- ddito 10y agoSo if Mozilla goes to another search engine, Yahoo still needs to pay them for nothing? How did Yahoo agree to this?
- fapjacks 10y agoThat's Marissa Mayer for you. [0] [0] http://www.recode.net/2016/7/7/12116296/marissa-mayer-deal-mozilla-yahoo-payment http://www.recode.net/2016/7/7/12116296/marissa-mayer-deal-m...
- zbraniecki 10y agoHow would you like Mozilla to be financed?
- Esau 10y agoMy point is - I thought they were - by search engine agreements.
- cpeterso 10y agoThat's correct. When you say "self-sustaining", do you mean from direct user donations or paid services (like the built-in VPN example), instead of "selling eyeballs" to Google or Yahoo? There is discussion about creating a Mozilla membership program and what benefits could be offered.