The article states, "Upwards of 80% of Mozilla's revenue, which ranges in the hundreds of millions, is derived from its partnership with Google."
The article states, "Upwards of 80% of Mozilla's revenue, which ranges in the hundreds of millions, is derived from its partnership with Google."
That's been the case for quite some time. I would guess Google does it to give themselves an alibi, that is "Look, we help fund the competition, we can't be a monopoly."
That's been the case for quite some time. I would guess Google does it to give themselves an alibi, that is "Look, we help fund the competition, we *can't* be a monopoly."
That’s exactly why they do it; couple hundred million here or there to the “competition” is probably a lot cheaper and more productive than massive anti-trust lawsuits.
That’s exactly why they do it; couple hundred million here or there to the “competition” is probably a lot cheaper and more productive than massive anti-trust lawsuits.
Only a small part of the money goes into the Firefox development, most is used for the management and social justice projects. They are paid to let Firefox die, and the deplatforming talk is a (very successful) method to accelerate the death.
Only a small part of the money goes into the Firefox development, most is used for the management and social justice projects. They are paid to let Firefox die, and the deplatforming talk is a (very successful) method to accelerate the death.
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