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It's not a donation. They pay for being the default search. They throw billions at Apple for the same, but nobody paints that as charity.
by kryptiskt 6y ago
It's not a donation. They pay for being the default search. They throw billions at Apple for the same, but nobody paints that as charity.
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- x0x0 6y agoIt's increasingly a charitable donation / obfuscation of their browser monopoly status since Mozilla has lost most of their leverage: Mozilla's marketshare has shrunk, and Google faces less and less competition for search. Why would Google pay for something they get for free, much less pay half a billion dollars. See the public numbers here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation under Combined income of Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation
- foepys 6y ago> Why would Google pay for something they get for free For the same reason Microsoft saved Apple: to prevent anti-trust inquiries