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Hang on to your Firefox!
www.newsonaut.com/articles/hang-on-to-your-firefox
Replying to @inari@piefed.zip
Nah, Vivaldi still has a much better anti-ai stance. Runs faster and still loads uBlock. This will likely change soon, but I’m not rushing to Firefox until I need to. Firefox is funded by Google anyway.
Replying to @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
Firefox is funded by Google anyway.
That sounds like Firefox only exists because Google/Alphabet pays for it.
In reality Firefox/Mozilla have made a deal to make Google the default search engine on the default home page.
That would be a pretty stupid business decision to not have free money, what are they gonna do? Have Bing as the default search engine?
Replying to @tidderuuf@lemmy.world
Firefox does only exist because Google pays for it. Google is Mozilla’s single greatest financial contributor. They’re essentially keeping a competitor on life support to avoid breaching antitrust laws. Essentially, the argument is that as long as Firefox exists, Google isn’t a monopoly.
However, at any time, Google could simply stop paying, and Firefox would quickly die. Laws change.
Replying to @Zarobi@aussie.zone
Google, Facebook, Microsoft are the biggest donors.
Replying to @tidderuuf@lemmy.world
Firefox could develop (or pay for someone else to develop) a search engine that doesn’t require google or bing’s search indexes.