Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life
by Scarbutt on Saturday August 22, 2020 @03:23PM
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Hasn't firefox been defunded and likely to no have a future?
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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life
by dredmorbius on Saturday August 22, 2020 @08:10PM
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No.
"Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal worth mega-millions"
Moz will likely pocket $400m to $450m a year between now and 2023 from the arrangement, citing internal discussions held earlier this year.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/14/mozilla_google_search...
Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life
by Scarbutt on Saturday August 22, 2020 @08:45PM
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Yes. That doesn't mean that money will go to Firefox.
Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life
by xigency on Saturday August 22, 2020 @03:29PM
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As far as I can tell they canned most of the Firefox teams driving new features, so that’s how I read the situation.
Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life
by Aeolun on Saturday August 22, 2020 @08:02PM
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It’s interesting how those teams have finally been able to pull Firefox out of freefall, only to be sacked.
Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life
by viraptor on Saturday August 22, 2020 @08:04PM
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They dropped some side teams, but the deal with Google that we thought wasn't happening actually happened a bit later. They're still good. They had future regardless, it's not the end of the world for them to run a bit more lean.