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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by Phrodo_00 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:52PM (#36077982)
You could argue they do this in order to keep antitrust from looking at chrome too closely.
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by cubefox on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:56PM (#36078020)
Google paid Firefox for search before Chrome even existed.
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by Phrodo_00 on Friday May 26, 2023 @03:32AM (#36081168)
Yes, and at that point it was because Firefox was the second most popular browser. Motivations do change.
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by wkat4242 on Friday May 26, 2023 @04:03AM (#36081364)
Of course but their reasoning will have changed over time. Because Firefox's market share has changed tremendously as well.
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