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> order preventing Google from entering into deals that give the company's search engine preferential treatment on iOS, Android, and the FireFox browser That w
by warkdarrior 2y ago
> order preventing Google from entering into deals that give the company's search engine preferential treatment on iOS, Android, and the FireFox browser
That would likely be the end of Firefox.
- granzymes 2y agoMozilla submitted a declaration to that effect, and Google mentioned it repeatedly. Google argued that once Microsoft set the precedent that Internet Explorer was free, browsers lost the ability to monetize except by selling default status in their search bar (or being subsidized by a larger platform). Courts are understandably wary of micromanaging companies' behavior, so this is not so much a legal argument as much as it is a "beware of unintended consequences" argument.
- tomjen3 2y agoThey will just have to request donations in the same way Wikipedia does.