I think people are sometimes forgetting that Firefox is an ad-supported product. Firefox monetizes by sending people to Google. In some sense, Chrome is less

I think people are sometimes forgetting that Firefox is an ad-supported product. Firefox monetizes by sending people to Google. In some sense, Chrome is less directly funded by ads than Firefox, because Google (like Microsoft and Apple) has a reason to fund the development of a web browser even if it wasn't directly leading to ad revenue. On the other hand, Google is only paying for Firefox to the extent that Firefox users bring ad revenue to Google.