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Something interesting that I think will come of this is that Google will no longer be able to pay companies like Apple for their default. The $20B a year they p
by jjeaff 2y ago
Something interesting that I think will come of this is that Google will no longer be able to pay companies like Apple for their default. The $20B a year they pay Apple accounts for about 20% of their net profit. I'm confident Apple will find just about exactly that amount in their books to replace that loss.
On a separate note, does this mean the end of Firefox? almost 100% of their revenue is from google paying to be the default. Will Microsoft pay anything close to that if they don't need to bid against Google for the space?
- wodenokoto 2y agoRevenue from Google is down to 80% of Mozilla revenue. Yahoo was willing to pay more than Google, so it is not unthinkable that MS might be willing to come close.
- stubish 2y agoI expect Mozilla will become the default search engine, redirecting queries to the search engine that pays the highest referrer fee or cut of the ad revenue. Which will be Google.
- meiraleal 2y agoSo your solution is to keep the whole world hostage to Google so Firefox can still be profitable? (to develop nothing relevant and keep paying the highest salaries for their executives). But hey Mozilla just announced they are thinking about adding Web Apps to Firefox!