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minus-squareendofline@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoHow do they force them? Just curious so asking
minus-squareAvatar_of_Self@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoGoogle pays Firefox hundreds of millions of dollars a year to be their default search engine. In 2021, this accounted for 83% of Mozilla’s revenue.
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoGoogle bankrolls Firefox basically. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/why-google-keeps-paying-mozilla-s-firefox-even-as-chrome-dominates
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThey don’t! Mozilla “by themselves” just “agrees” that MV2 is obsolete because they “prioritize security”.
How do they force them? Just curious so asking
Google pays Firefox hundreds of millions of dollars a year to be their default search engine. In 2021, this accounted for 83% of Mozilla’s revenue.
Google bankrolls Firefox basically.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/why-google-keeps-paying-mozilla-s-firefox-even-as-chrome-dominates
They don’t! Mozilla “by themselves” just “agrees” that MV2 is obsolete because they “prioritize security”.