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'The coronavirus pandemic “significantly impacted our revenue,”' - Most of their revenue comes from search engines paying to be the default. Are there any deta
by wanderr 6y ago
'The coronavirus pandemic “significantly impacted our revenue,”' -
Most of their revenue comes from search engines paying to be the default. Are there any details on why the pandemic would have a significant impact on that?
- ngokevin 6y agoIt's odd also because those search engines have long-term contracts to the tune of like $350-$500M a year, and Google seems to be doing okay.
- zobzu 6y agoThe contract ends start of 2021 IIRC and Firefox market share has been dropping and will continue dropping (specially now after this news). Which means I'm sure they are planning for a large reduction in revenue, like 50% or whatever. These contracts are usually on a 3-6 year basis..
- traskjd 6y agoWhile I get the intent, as noted on the thread about their version 2 script blocker: what better way to hobble what tiny share you have by not allowing site owners to know FF users exist?
- gridlockd 6y agoSearch engines royalties are a share of the ad revenue generated from the search queries. Ad revenue is down significantly across the board.
- The_rationalist 6y agoThey are obviously bullshiting