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If you were starting a project from scratch I could see that as a valid concern, but the current world is one where 80% of the funds to pay for Firefox comes fr
by lolinder 2y ago
If you were starting a project from scratch I could see that as a valid concern, but the current world is one where 80% of the funds to pay for Firefox comes from Google. No one can seriously argue that becoming beholden to your users is a worse situation than becoming beholden to your primary competitor.
- coldtea 2y ago>No one can seriously argue that becoming beholden to your users is a worse situation than becoming beholden to your primary competitor. The C-level execs getting their salaries off that Google money can!
- immibis 2y agoHypothesis: They are paid (by Google) to keep Firefox unpopular.
- wkat4242 2y agoI don't think so, but close. I think they're indirectly paid by Google to keep Firefox around as a token competitor for antitrust purposes. I'm sure that's what the "search deal" is really about. Because Google already owns the search market, they don't have to pay for it. However with falling marketshare there comes a point that when that won't fool regulators anymore. And then there's no point for Google to keep paying.
- PmTKg5d3AoKVnj0 2y agoI would present that situation as evidence that the "competition" isn't really a serious one. But perhaps I am ignorant.
- lolinder 2y agoIt seems more likely to you that Google isn't serious about Chrome's dominance than that they're totally serious about it and are using Firefox as a guard against antitrust and using their funding of Firefox as leverage to get Mozilla to cave?