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The company needs money. They're the only browser out there not directly controlled by Google & Apple.

• aninteger 6y ago
  Do they though? https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-go...
  • TheChaplain 6y ago
    Yes. It's unwise to depend on a sole source of income.
    • ffpip 6y ago
      I don't think browsers can make money so easily, except in the case of Opera which started collecting browsing history to show full page ads.
    • jrott 6y ago
      Yeah this seems like an ok experiment so they aren't totally dependent on google for income.
  • MCOfficer 6y ago
    they just had to lay off dozens.
• beervirus 6y ago
  Step 1: fire everybody who isn't a programmer. Step 2: budget problem is solved.
  • acdha 6y ago
    Step 3: learn the hard way why companies founded by nerds who are dismissive of entire other professions tend to go out of business even faster
    • outworlder 6y ago
      > by nerds Really? Was that necessary?
      • acdha 6y ago
        Having been a nerd immersed in nerd culture for a few decades, I would suggest you consider that question in light of the degree to which the referenced trope is popular in our community. Yes, there are individual people who don’t contribute enough but that doesn’t mean that entire fields are useless any more than developers who slack or code for job security are an accurate representation of our field.