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Hang on to your Firefox! (www.newsonaut.com)
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[โ€“] Zarobi@aussie.zone 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Firefox does only exist because Google pays for it. Google is Mozilla's single greatest financial contributor. They're essentially keeping a competitor on life support to avoid breaching antitrust laws. Essentially, the argument is that as long as Firefox exists, Google isn't a monopoly.

However, at any time, Google could simply stop paying, and Firefox would quickly die. Laws change.

[โ€“] goatinspace@feddit.org 1 points 21 hours ago

Google, Facebook, Microsoft are the biggest donors.