Why would Chrome/chromium break away? Isn’t this just about the search engine side of things? There’s no need to dump Chrome if all they need to do is drop themselves as the default search engine.
aggelalex@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Everybody forgets that if chrome and chromium breaks away from Google because of this ruling, it’s going to have the same issues as Firefox, if not worse because it’s an arguably worse product. The ruling has been pronounced, but what will happen because of it is yet to be defined.
Tyfud@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s not it at all. The issue is funding Mozilla. Having it as the default search engine is something google currently pays them for the right for. If the DOJ says that’s anti-trust practices, then Google stops paying Mozilla for that right, and 80% of Mozilla’s funding dries up overnight.
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 month ago
I feel like the real problem is Google paying Apple, since they’re both major players, not Google paying Mozilla. Firefox is not a major player at all (unluckily…)
mke@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I believe I remember reading that Apple gets a share of the money from google searches by their users, too. That’s a ridiculous amount of incentive to sit on your ass and never try anything different.
I’ll try to add a source here, later.
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 month ago
I feel like the real problem is Google paying Apple, since they’re both major players, not Google paying Mozilla. Firefox is not a major player at all (unluckily…)