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To points 1-4, where would FF be without $400m a year from Google?
by phillipseamore 5y ago
To points 1-4, where would FF be without $400m a year from Google?
- ndiddy 5y agoI suspect Google thinks the $400m/year is worth not having to deal with antitrust proceedings due to having a competing desktop browser.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoI think so too. But in that case its declining userbase is also a concern. A tiny competitor isn't going to stave off antitrust action. For that there must be substantial competition. I wonder if they'll continue bothering with the deal when Edge continues to grow. Sure, Edge is just a reskin of chromium but it's run by a different company so that'll be most likely enough for market regulators.
- webmobdev 5y agoAnd it's not as if they are just giving the 400 million dollars away - they earn billions of dollars from Firefox users and they give a percentage of that to Firefox.
- Klinky 5y agoIs this what peak competition looks like? 3 browsers, 2 from companies with histories of anti-trust behavior who use the same browser engine, and the alternative is heavily funded by 1 of those 2 companies.
- Yoric 5y agoYour point is also true.