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For now I'm quite happy to have finally switched to Firefox a few months ago. If Firefox disappeared though, as it seems it might, that would be horribly frust

• criley2 6y ago
  Firefox/Mozilla is largely funded with the search deal which is usually paid by Google. Google has a vested interest in Firefox staying alive for competitive/monopoly reasons, especially now that IE is official a Chrome skin. e.g. https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2020/08/13/mozilla-extends-critical-firefox-search-deal-with-google/#5bd73bdb6ea2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2020/08/13/mozilla...
  • distances 6y ago
    Wasn't the last days' layoffs direct consequence of that deal expiring later this year?
    • NikolaeVarius 6y ago
      Nobody knows, since we dont know if the deal will renew
      • Ndymium 6y ago
        The deal has already been renewed: https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/14/mozilla_google_search/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/14/mozilla_google_search...
        • hu3 6y ago
          > our source told us Moz will likely pocket $400m to $450m a year between now and 2023 from the arrangement Why in hell did they lay off MDN, Rust/Servo and Dev Tools teams?
          • teddyh 6y ago
            Maybe because they wouldn’t have gotten the deal renewed otherwise?
            • hu3 6y ago
              How does firing some of their brilliant tech staff helps them renew a deal to keep Google as default search on Firefox?
              • teddyh 6y ago
                The theory is that Google might have required this of Mozilla as part of the deal, either officially or unofficially.
                • distances 6y ago
                  That's straight up on the ridiculous conspiracy theory field though.
                  • teddyh 6y ago
                    It’s certainly a conspiracy theory, and I’d call it unlikely, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it ridiculous. Much worse things have been known to happen in business.
          • _underfl0w_ 6y ago
            IIRC the supposed "burden" of lowering Cxx suite salaries played a non-insignificant role.
            • suprfsat 6y ago
              Shouldn't they keep Rust with a goal of lowering dependence on Cxx in general?
• asimpletune 6y ago
  If you have a Mac safari is quite good
• cinquemb 6y ago
  And for those of us who still compile ff from source and remove/add things as we please, we'll have to see people moan about something they always had and will continue to have control over, but long ago rationalized away seeking comfort in the chaining of their minds to things/ideas that are foremost in the best interest of others and not themselves. /me shrugs
  • icebraining 6y ago
    If you have such complete control over your applications, why do you have to see anything you displease? Just add a filter to your Firefox that removes such complaints before they are displayed.
    • cinquemb 6y ago
      Well, I have to make a living catering to people (on mostly my terms and my time frame) complaining about things they have no intention of trying to do anything else about… seeing the complaints and lack of solutions adopted is a good sign for a captive market :P