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Google funded Mozilla mostly by buying traffic for Search and Ads. Google makes money from advertising, not browsers. Firefox doesn't hurt Google.

• pkilgore 6y ago
  Google makes money from advertising by acquiring massive quantities of data from users to most-effectively target advertising. Firefox makes it harder to acquire data from users. If market share for Firefox were to increase at the cost of Chrome users, it would hurt Google.
  • s_gourichon 6y ago
    > If market share for Firefox were to increase at the cost of Chrome users, it would hurt Google. This is why we can expect just enough support to keep Firefox existing, with a minor user share.
• eitland 6y ago
  Google seems to to have a (not very) long term strategy to get rid of adblockers. That is hard as long as there is both - an independent browser engine on the market - and politicians and judges that haven't succumbed to the pressure from Big Media
• kbenson 6y ago
  The good or service you get in a purchase is not always the whole reason for the purchase. For the same reason you might buy somethingat a fund-raiser for more than you would at other times, Google may be supplying get good terms on their deal with Mozilla. Firefox hurting Google has nothing to do with the reasoning I supplied previously. In fact, Firefox not hurting Google is all the more reason to make sure they get funded and survive if it lets Google avoid or deflect government scrutiny.