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Google does not compete with Mozilla. Chrome is a loss leader that allows Google to ensure that their products have access to the views they need, and by paying
by dleslie 6y ago
Google does not compete with Mozilla. Chrome is a loss leader that allows Google to ensure that their products have access to the views they need, and by paying Mozilla a critical share of their operating budget they ensure that the risk of an upstart to their loss leader is minimal.
- jefftk 6y ago> Chrome is a loss leader Alternatively: making a browser means you can choose the default search engine, and this is valuable. Google pays Firefox ~$450M for this, for ~9% of desktop traffic. [1] Chrome is ~70% of desktop traffic [1] and so you could extrapolate it at ~$3.5B. [1] https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worl... (Disclosure: I work for Google, speaking only for myself)