8 ms·If Firefox was bad for Google then would Google be paying them 500m a year?by grt_thr 3y agoIf Firefox was bad for Google then would Google be paying them 500m a year?Phrodo_00 3y agoYou could argue they do this in order to keep antitrust from looking at chrome too closely.cubefox 3y agoGoogle paid Firefox for search before Chrome even existed.Phrodo_00 3y agoYes, and at that point it was because Firefox was the second most popular browser. Motivations do change.wkat4242 3y agoOf course but their reasoning will have changed over time. Because Firefox's market share has changed tremendously as well.