Currently, Google pays Firefox’s bill by having them set their default search engine to Google.

This will no longer be when Chrome is in the hands of another party. DOJ is currently advocating for this forced sellout.

So will Firefox be no more after that?

  • JackbyDev
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    11 hours ago

    Currently, Google pays Firefox’s bill by having them set their default search engine to Google.

    This will no longer be when Chrome is in the hands of another party. DOJ is currently advocating for this forced sellout.

    Why does Alphabet not controlling Chrome mean Alphabet would suddenly stop paying Mozilla to make Google Search the default search in Firefox? That’s totally unrelated.

    (Saying Alphabet instead of Google to help differentiate between Google and its products.)

    • Caveman@lemmy.world
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      It’s another clause in the anti trust case that paying FF and Safari for being the default search engine is anticompetitive