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Re:Google blew it with open source layoffs by zac23or on Saturday May 20, 2023 @08:12PM (#36016770)
In the past, some people said that Microsoft had the "windows tax" for new projects. If a project maybe got in the way of Windows, it died quickly.

Does Google have the Google search tax?

Re:Google blew it with open source layoffs by negermeister on Saturday May 20, 2023 @08:38PM (#36016910)
Short answer is no, cause Google's development is funded by ads, and not by charging manufacturers. If my tinfoil hat wasn't in the washer, I'd say "you pay with your privacy". That is important for a small percentage of people like investigative journalists, sure, but the vast majority are more than happy to give Google their data.