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>What is the real problem here? $500M that Mozilla gets from Google every year. there's no incentive to develop a better product, only to maintain an appearan
by throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
>What is the real problem here?
$500M that Mozilla gets from Google every year.
there's no incentive to develop a better product, only to maintain an appearance of competition.
I don't know if it's a secret agreement or an implicit mutual understanding, but that's what it is. the only alternative explanation I have for Mozilla's actions in the past 8 or so years is incompetence to the degree of profound mental retardation of all decision makers there.
- hansword 4y agoYeah, thank you. Not what I wanted a reminder of. Surely what I needed a reminder of.
- kaba0 4y agoThat’s just false. The $500M is just as much worth it for Google (to prevent a huge huge lawsuit) then for Mozilla. I really don’t see why would it incentivize bad things (I would worry much much more about a browser vendor having the biggest adnetwork, but to each their own).
- hansword 4y agoNo one is arguing Google (Chrome) is better than Mozilla (Firefox), at least until now. Of course, living in the house of big G is much worse for privacy. But we were talking about why Mozilla is such a mess (not compared to G, but to its potential). And knowing big Daddy G is the main funding source might just make one a tiny bit suspicious. Just saying.
- kaba0 4y agoI don’t know whether it is fair to call it a mess. It is a very decent browser, but so are the others. Why would someone choose Firefox over Chrome on their androids, when the latter has system level integration/sync even for completely tech illiterate people? Similar story applies to ios, where you don’t even get a true non-safari browser.