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Google doesn't dump money into Mozilla's lap every year. Google pays Mozilla (and various other companies) for search traffic acquisition.
by asadotzler 14y ago
Google doesn't dump money into Mozilla's lap every year. Google pays Mozilla (and various other companies) for search traffic acquisition.
- sharkweek 14y agoYeah nobody should think for a minute that this relationship is in danger of Google dropping that contract either; Microsoft/Bing would KILL to have that default product visibility at the top of another mainstream browser.
- SkyMarshal 14y agoIt sounds like you're saying MS could outbid Google to be Mozilla's default search engine, which validates Mozilla's business model even further.
- sharkweek 14y agoExactly -- you'll occasionally hear people say things like "Google is basically keeping Firefox afloat" -- sure, it's a massive contract that does fund Mozilla almost entirely, but any of the other major search engines would love a chance to be the default install option. Think about what that would do for Bing.
- mehrzad 14y agoI agree but I feel like the backfire issue is never brought up. If Bing becomes default, would less techy users just switch back to Chrome? I hope not.
- hkmurakami 14y agoSurely this kind of back and forth must have happened during the last Google/Mozilla negotiation over their search engine contract, but it's a situation where while both sides will try to posture within the understood wiggle room [1], they both know that they have a lot to lose by coming to a fall out. ex: within the range of say, $250MM ~ $350MM
- tmzt 14y agoCanonical made such a deal with Yahoo a few years ago and the pushback was significant enough that they backtracked before the final release. It seems that technical people will prefer the better solution.
- snifty 14y ago> It seems that technical people will prefer the better solution. Delusional much?