Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up

Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by rvz on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @03:27AM (#24564042)

> Isn't that pretty much admitting that they're on a sinking ship?

Yes.

They are admitting they are solely reliant on Google's money. Given that Google Chrome is a direct competitor to Firefox and has gained more market share, Google can justify to either reduce spend or stop paying for being the default search engine in Firefox due to its shrinking market share and instead pay more for Apple Safari as the default in iOS, macOS, etc instead.

Mozilla and Firefox will be another geek's relic in this decade if it doesn't find another revenue source apart from relying on Google - A direct competitor in all areas.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by sk2020 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:58AM (#24568520)

Firefox isn't a direct competitor to Chrome. It's Google's hedge against an anti-trust lawsuit.

When you see Mozilla as a Big Tech trust-fund baby struggling with cognitive dissonance, then their behavior makes sense.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @09:46PM (#24574499)

If you look at the history of Mozilla's revenue, this conspiracy is ridiculous. Why would Yahoo compete over the Firefox contract if they serve as a hedge against a lawsuit?

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by sk2020 on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:30PM (#24584433)

Why would you (Google) not prefer for someone else (yahoo!) to pay for something that benefits you? That Yahoo! leadership didn't renew the contract should tell you how much being a default search engine is actually worth. Why would you (actual you) believe that Google would provide nearly all of a "competitor's" revenue? that somehow makes more sense? The pontificating about privacy Mozilla does is total nonsense. They serve their users up to Google's surveillance enterprise without hesitation. They're a puppet to fool gullible hipsters with fashionable social statements.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by boomboomsubban on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:23PM (#24584850)

Yahoo was bought out during the term of the contact. And I don't know the details, but I believe Google pays Apple for the same thing, paying Mozilla isn't surprising.

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