Comment on The Google antitrust ruling could be an existential threat to the future of Firefox | Financials show 86% of Mozilla's revenue came from the agreement keeping Google as Firefox's default search engine

SamB@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This article doesn’t even bother to explain the connection. I don’t get it if I’m honest.

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  • WldFyre@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Its most recent financials show Mozilla gets $510 million out of its $593 million in total revenue from its Google partnership.

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    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Obviously. Why is that threatened by this antitrust ruling ?

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      • WldFyre@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        United States District Judge Amit Mehta found Google guilty of building a monopolistic position in web search. The Mountain View corporation spent billions of dollars becoming the leading search provider for computing platforms and web browsers on PC and mobile devices

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wtf, no? It’s saying “Hey, it’s great that you’re angry about Google search being a monopoly, but you need to be aware and ready that this ruling could further cement their browser monopoly.”

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