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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.

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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…)

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- 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.
  
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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…)

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