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I suspect Google thinks the $400m/year is worth not having to deal with antitrust proceedings due to having a competing desktop browser.
by ndiddy 5y ago
I 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.