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Unless Google pays more for the reduced market share, your argument doesn't stand. The fact that Mozilla are failing at their business model doesn't mean that'
by cassianoleal 4y ago
Unless Google pays more for the reduced market share, your argument doesn't stand.
The fact that Mozilla are failing at their business model doesn't mean that's not the model.
- jqpabc123 4y agoUnless Google pays more for the reduced market share, your argument doesn't stand. So my argument stands. Mozilla's current deal with Google is good through 2023 and is worth around $400-$450 million per year. Every deal Mozilla has made with Google has payments increased --- even as Firefox's browser share has decreased. https://www.androidheadlines.com/2020/08/mozilla-firefox-google-search https://www.androidheadlines.com/2020/08/mozilla-firefox-goo...
- cassianoleal 4y agoI haven't seen numbers that back that evolution over the years. This article [0] from 2018 suggests an uptick, but it justifies it as "a deal to get paid for Google search traffic in parts of Europe" - so, actual market expansion. I'm not saying you're wrong, only that I haven't seen evidence that you're not. [0] https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-firefox-search-deal-gives-mozilla-more-money-to-push-privacy/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-firef...
- MacsHeadroom 4y agoGoogle pays for Firefox's livelihood to prevent anti-trust coming for Google Chrome. Google does not care about Firefox's market share. Google only cares that there is an appearance of competition in the browser market.
- boomboomsubban 4y agoThen why do they pay Apple for the default search on Safari? Or shy did Yahoo buy the default search on Firefox for several years? And why are Google focusing on a Chrome monopoly when buying the default has out them at risk of being found a search engine monopoly?