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Becoming the #3 browser doesn't make Firefox anywhere near "doomed". It's just back where it was a few years ago, as far as market share is concerned. The deskt
by kijin 15y ago
Becoming the #3 browser doesn't make Firefox anywhere near "doomed". It's just back where it was a few years ago, as far as market share is concerned. The desktop and laptop userbase isn't going to disappear anytime soon, either.
I don't know much about the search engine partnership issue, but it seems that the author suggested his answer to that. No search service can afford to ignore a browser with over 20% market share.
- jyrkesh 15y agoI think the issue here is that Mozilla can't afford to still exist without that 100 million from Google a year. But yeah, I don't see why someone else wouldn't come in and swoop on that.
- ehthere 15y agoBing?
- megablast 15y agoBing had already said they would pay for firefox, just as they would for Apple. It is disappointing to see all the doomsayers here, you would have thought this was an obvious point.
- marshray 15y agoLast I checked, the statement I read looked like Mozilla had a pile of cash in the bank. Enough to go on for many years if they're not dumb with it. Would be interesting to see if they've put out an updated statement since then.
- jyrkesh 15y agoThe Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit, right? So they should have public documents out there somewhere, right?