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> Intelligence agencies No need to think about intelligence agencies, classic corporate greed is more than enough. Even without bribes Google did put a lot of
by Luker88 4y ago
> Intelligence agencies
No need to think about intelligence agencies, classic corporate greed is more than enough.
Even without bribes Google did put a lot of money in mozilla, it takes very little to give hints like "do this or the money goes away".
And then there's always classic incompetence, that can be indistinguishable from malice.
- p-e-w 4y ago> Even without bribes Google did put a lot of money in mozilla, it takes very little to give hints like "do this or the money goes away". That could backfire pretty badly for Google though, if it became public. Not to mention, keeping a viable competitor is actually in Google's interest, because it helps them avoid antitrust action. Also, Mozilla has alternatives to Google for funding, such as Bing, which IIRC they had a lucrative deal with in the past.
- vintermann 4y agoThey need a minimum viable competitor. Big enough to stop significant claims of monopoly, but no bigger.
- ilyt 4y agoWell, it most likely is too small for that now.
- kaba0 4y agoGoogle pays mozilla so a huge monopoly lawsuit can be prevented. It is as critical to google as is to mozilla. These conteos are baseless.