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It is so crazy that nearly 90% (most recently 80%) of Mozilla's revenue comes from a direct competitor. That is positively insane, and should be total fodder f
by atonse 2y ago
It is so crazy that nearly 90% (most recently 80%) of Mozilla's revenue comes from a direct competitor.
That is positively insane, and should be total fodder for an anti-trust case against Google, shouldn't it?
"One of your biggest competitors in the browser space gets almost all their revenue from you, how exactly can they effectively compete in that scenario?"
It calls into question what the actual reasons are why they aren't funding a rendering project like Servo that is a direct competitor to Chrome.
- altairprime 2y agoHow many internet users would pay anything at all for a web browser (or its engine)? Can browsers only be produced as a loss leader? What alternate revenue source besides browsers (and advertising) should Mozilla be funding Servo (and Firefox) with? No one seems to have that answer, and without that, it’s unclear how Mozilla’s slow collapse is newly interesting and relevant to this Servo thread.
- atonse 2y agoYou’re 100% correct that browsers aren’t a viable business model. But neither is getting 80% of your revenue from a company that probably only keeps you alive so they can show you off as healthy competition. Both things can be true. Is there any other reason why Google would do this?
- jitl 2y agoSo, you want it to be illegal for Google to pay Mozilla? That would end Firefox development outright.
- atonse 2y agoNo, I am merely pointing out that they are already in a very precarious position that Google (who is notorious for "ending" projects) could decide to cancel that funding source overnight. I don't know what the solution is. Maybe they are moving towards alternate sources of revenue, since google makes up "only" 80% now, whereas it used to be over 90%.
- lukan 2y ago"that they are already in a very precarious position " Not that bad. They have saved quite a lot of assets and they can sell out to Bing Microsoft as well.
- pseudalopex 2y ago> Maybe they are moving towards alternate sources of revenue, since google makes up "only" 80% now, whereas it used to be over 90%. Yes. Pocket, ads, Mozilla VPN, Firefox Relay.
- altairprime 2y agoI don't understand how this reply is on-topic for Servo, apologies.
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- pseudalopex 2y agoFirefox is a direct competitor to Chrome. They fund Firefox.