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With 81% [1] of their revenue in 2022 provided by Google... --- [1] https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2022/mozilla-fdn-2022-fs-final-0908.pdf https://as

• Bombthecat 2y ago
  And Google will pull out of the deal when they are forced to split off chrome
  • iamacyborg 2y ago
    Why would they? They still want people to use Google Search vs other alternatives.
    • sumedh 2y ago
      The only reason they pay firefox is to make sure its not killed and they can tell the regulators that look there some competition.
      • iamacyborg 2y ago
        That and the captive audience for their search ads…
    • nolist_policy 2y ago
      Google's payment to Mozilla was ruled anti-competitive and is forced to stop paying them. https://fortune.com/2024/08/05/mozilla-firefox-biggest-potential-loser-google-antitrust-search-ruling/ https://fortune.com/2024/08/05/mozilla-firefox-biggest-poten...
      • Certhas 2y ago
        Interesting, I hadn't heard about this. Let's see where this goes...
• Certhas 2y ago
  Yes, but they have successfully been shrinking that down from 94% in 2016. Long road towards independence, but moving in the right direction at least. And the default spot in the search bar is valuable to people outside of Google. Even if we assume that Google is overpaying, Mozilla could keep operating as is with another entity paying significantly less...