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minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·3 days agoJust wait till you find out who funds Firefox.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoIirc google only pays Mozilla for a. Having google as the default search engine and b. Avoiding antitrust lawsuits.
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours ago“Only” comes with a lot of implied strings attached. Can Mozilla bite the hand that feeds them? If they can, they should, especially if Google is as evil as they are. If they can’t, well, we’ve identified their master, haven’t we?
Just wait till you find out who funds Firefox.
Could it be… Satan?
It’s Google. So…… yes.
Iirc google only pays Mozilla for a. Having google as the default search engine and b. Avoiding antitrust lawsuits.
“Only” comes with a lot of implied strings attached. Can Mozilla bite the hand that feeds them? If they can, they should, especially if Google is as evil as they are. If they can’t, well, we’ve identified their master, haven’t we?