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The article fails to mention the biggest players in the ad market have a vested interest in browsers and what eventually becomes 'default behavior'. I doubt the
by drubio 17y ago
The article fails to mention the biggest players in the ad market have a vested interest in browsers and what eventually becomes 'default behavior'. I doubt they will shoot themselves in the foot or won't lobby to avoid this becoming a default.
Microsoft controls IE, Google now has Chrome and I have to think Google still has some type of partnership with Firefox.
- patio11 17y agoGoogle pays the Mozilla Foundation $50 million or so a year to be the default search provider for most versions of Firefox. This provides about 90% or so of the revenue the Mozilla foundation earns. But I'm sure they could totally give that up if the users wanted it. smiles wanly
- yread 17y agoOpera has a somewhat similar deal (for all their browsers)