this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2023
32 points (100.0% liked)

Firefox

449 readers
1 users here now

A place to discuss the news and latest developments on the open-source browser Firefox

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
k_o_t@lemmy.ml
32
When Google paid websites to promote Firefox (leonidasv.com)
submitted 2 years ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

The only shareholder of the Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit Mozilla Foundation. If the MoCo makes any profit, they either have to pay it out in wages or re-invest it into Firefox / their other products.

So, if Google ever offered such a contract, I think, they should have accepted the extra money, especially also, because their peak market share was at only 32%, which is IMHO too little for webpage owners to not just drop Firefox support, if it started getting bullish.