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Comment by AceJohnny2

1 year ago

> They pay Mozilla to exist

Do they? I thought Google significantly reduced their payments to Mozilla a few years back, which started Mozilla current random-walk.

Edit: As of 2023, they were as high as ever at 85% of Mozilla's finances coming from Google [1] . However the DoJ antitrust case against Google targets Google's payments to various entities (Mozilla, Apple) to make themselves the default search engine, thus threatening Mozilla's income. I did not immediately find sources for Mozilla's 2024 finances, but I can imagine they see the existential threat.

> and they are paying Mozilla to intentionally drive Firefox into the ground.

That's just conspiracy-thinking.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Finances