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Google money is only guaranteed in so far as Firefox keeps its market share. Do you think Google will still be sending them money once their market share is clo
by patrickaljord 6y ago
Google money is only guaranteed in so far as Firefox keeps its market share. Do you think Google will still be sending them money once their market share is close to 0%? Keeping Google money flowing should be balanced with growing their market share, if only to keep Google money from flowing. Unfortunately, keeping Google happy is orthogonal to growing their market share as what most Firefox users want is basically Brave with more freedom to install extensions. They're getting neither of these right now.
Some people say that Google will keep sending them money no matter what as a defense against monopoly accusations but it is doubtful this would stop the billion fines from EU and others, it hasn't in the past.
- ab_testing 6y agoI think google pays Mozilla to keep them out of antitrust lawsuits similar to what Microsoft faced for internet explorer .