US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Support of Plaintiffs [pdf]

Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by dcow on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:27AM (#43951372)

Firefox was also extraordinary for the price. point being that Google has never been the only option, just the most popular because why not your gmail is already plugged in.

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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by scarface_74 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:51AM (#43951492)

Firefox is 90% funded by Google ads.

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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by timschmidt on Sunday May 11, 2025 @01:20AM (#43951619)

No, Mozilla is 90% funded by Google ads. Mozilla does a ridiculous number of non-browser things. Konqueror and Navigator existed long before Google ad funding.

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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by scarface_74 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @11:25AM (#43954450)

So only 10% of Mozilla’s revenue goes toward Firefox

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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by asadotzler on Sunday May 11, 2025 @02:15PM (#43955727)

Firefox existed before Mozilla's contracts with Google. Firefox was actually funded by AOL (to the tune of a couple million in sending off money when they shuttered Netscape) and Mitch Kapor (hundreds of thousands because he's a great guy who saw the potential) with some other donations from IBM, Oracle, and a few more big tech players.

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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by scarface_74 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @10:22PM (#43959081)

And you think that would happen today? A couple of million wouldn’t go far.

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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by HDThoreaun on Sunday May 11, 2025 @09:47AM (#43953803)

firefox does not exist without google paying for it

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