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Google could have taken firefox and improve it to make it better, but they created something new. Now instead of improving the linux stack and the gnu stack (t
by sametmax 10y ago
Google could have taken firefox and improve it to make it better, but they created something new.
Now instead of improving the linux stack and the gnu stack (the kernel, wayland, the buses, the drivers), they rewrite everything.
They put millions into this. Imagine what could have been done with it on existing software.
They say they are good citizen in the FOSS world, but eventually they just use the label to promote their product. They don't want free software, they want their software, that they control, and let you freely work on it.
- discordianfish 10y agoEverybody's modern linux stack is built on 40 year old design and assumption. While it's remarkable how well these work so many years later, I welcome that somebody like Google tries something new.
- geodel 10y ago> Google could have taken firefox and improve it to make it better, but they created something new. This does not work. They were initially working on webkit but technical decisions they wanted were different from apple/webkit team so they had to fork. It is much better they implement their technical ideas with their resources.
- lossolo 10y agoIsn't Google paying to Mozilla for Google searches from inside search bar in Firefox ? Isn't like main money flow for Mozilla? More people use Chrome, more money Google saves. It's all about the data, making Firefox better didn't benefit Google as good as creating new browser. Now they do not have to pay so much for all their users searches to other companies and they have so much more data that they can use internally for other products.
- teddyh 10y agoNo, that ended in 2014. Google no longer gives Mozilla anything.