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> Mozilla should have gotten a smaller amount last time due to falling behind in marketshare That assumes that the amount of money in the market stayed the sam
by bzbarsky 6y ago
> Mozilla should have gotten a smaller amount last time due to falling behind in marketshare
That assumes that the amount of money in the market stayed the same. But it didn't: the number of users of the internet grew. So it's possible that the actual benefit to Google of Mozilla's users using their search engine grew.
Disclaimer: used to work for Mozilla, not privy to details of the Google agreements.