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grt_thr
on May 25, 2023
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Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over...
If Firefox was bad for Google then would Google be paying them 500m a year?
Phrodo_00
on May 25, 2023
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You could argue they do this in order to keep antitrust from looking at chrome too closely.
cubefox
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Google paid Firefox for search before Chrome even existed.
wkat4242
on May 26, 2023
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Of course but their reasoning will have changed over time. Because Firefox's market share has changed tremendously as well.
Phrodo_00
on May 26, 2023
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Yes, and at that point it was because Firefox was the second most popular browser. Motivations do change.
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