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This sucks, but it's not all that surprising given that their Google deal--90% of their revenue--is about to expire and won't be renewed.
by D13Fd 6y ago
This sucks, but it's not all that surprising given that their Google deal--90% of their revenue--is about to expire and won't be renewed.
- Semaphor 6y ago> and won't be renewed. Source?
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoMentioned by ZDNet: https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-lays-off-250-employees-while-it-refocuses-on-commercial-products/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-lays-off-250-employees... (fwiw I found out by way of John Gruber: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/08/11/mozilla-layoffs https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/08/11/mozilla-layoffs)
- Semaphor 6y agoThat doesn’t say it won’t be renewed, just that it’s currently not renewed.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoDoesn’t it seem a little late for them to be renewing a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars? At minimum, I think it spells trouble. Would love to be wrong. Edit: Since anything can happen, I personally wouldn’t have written the sentence with as much certainty as the GP, but I don’t think they were far off.
- Semaphor 6y agoFunny thing ;) > Mozilla and Google are expected to extend their current search deal for another three years, multiple sources have told ZDNet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-expected-to-extend-its-google-search-deal/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-expected-to-ex...
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoThanks—wonderful news, honestly. I was super concerned.
- DangerousPie 6y agoReally? Did they announce that somewhere?
- jiripospisil 6y agoIt's mentioned in one of the articles about the whole mess [0]. It doesn't say it won't be renewed though, just that it has not been renewed yet. > Furthermore, Mozilla's contract with Google to include Google as the default search provider inside Firefox is set to expire later this year, and the contract has not been renewed. The Google deal has historically accounted for around 90% of all of Mozilla's revenue, and without it experts see a dim future for Mozilla past 2021. [0] https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-lays-off-250-employees-while-it-refocuses-on-commercial-products/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-lays-off-250-employees...