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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?