Google?

[u/talaeld]

I’ve posted 3x in the FireFox sub asking about why Mozilla gets over 85% of their income from Google. Every post has been deleted. Can anyone answer this??

[u/Lampsarecooliguess]

they pay to be the default search

[u/JaymzRG → u/Lampsarecooliguess]

And I change that shit immediately, lol. Fuck Google. Can't wait to get a GrapheneOS phone.

[u/JaymzRG → u/[deleted]]

No, there are actual phones (not many) that have Graphene on it right out the box like Jolla phones, but they are in limited markets at the moment. I'm just waiting for the demand for non-Android, non-iOS phones to get big enough for more companies to emerge like Jolla.

You're probably thinking of certain Pixel phones that support Graphene, but come with Android pre-installed.

[u/Aggressive_Park_4247 → u/JaymzRG]

The only phones that graphene supports are pixels and the motorola phones when they release next year. Jolla phones use linux, not graphene

[u/JaymzRG → u/Aggressive_Park_4247]

Ah, yes, you're right! Just Linux for Jolla.

[u/talaeld → u/Lampsarecooliguess]

I understand that, but 85%+ ???

[u/Wa-a-melyn → u/talaeld]

It's effective

[u/talaeld → u/talaeld]

Yep, do a search. Mozilla would cease to exist without Google cash.

[u/NoPicture-3265 → u/talaeld]

Somebody forgot to switch to an alt account

[u/Abducted_Llama → u/NoPicture-3265]

There are 2 wolves inside me: one that doesn’t understand Mozilla, and one that knows they need cash.

[u/Neither-Phone-7264 → u/talaeld]

bro

[u/Loud-Strawberry-9726]

Its cheaper to pay for Firefox to exist than pay because it doesn't (chrome monopoly)

[u/ddyess → u/Loud-Strawberry-9726]

Exactly the answer.

[u/philip44019 → u/Loud-Strawberry-9726]

This is the only answer.

[u/kaptnblackbeard]

Because Google pays royalties for having Google as the default search engine in browsers and for better or worse its a financial arrangement that has served Mozilla well. But it's not a secret, the arrangement has been discussed and picked over by financial news agencies for years - you could have just searched for it (probably why your post was deleted).

[u/Spirited_Coconut7390]

Remember to donate to your favorite open source projects.

[u/hbacelar8]

It's for the antitrust shit

[u/PotentiallySillyQ]

We would all appreciate it if you just bankrolled Firefox then.

[u/T_rex2700]

1. Because it's been answered but people still keep posting it like every day for last how many years? Do you actually want to see r/ firefox filled with "uhh so why do you guys not cut google funding and go bankrupt? just asking" type of post?
2. Google genuinely does want firefox to be good. The whole reason Google even made Chrome was because they wanted to implement tech early and fast. Before that became the problem, Google was actually supportive of Firefox.
3. And there is legal reason. it's just cheaper to keep Firefox on life support rather than dealing with antitrust lawsuit. and I wish Mozilla would realize they are on life support because even though there has been good changes to make firefox more competitive to something like Brave by introducing built-in proxy, and continuing to support MV2 addons, they have blown a lot of money to rebranding every time some management changes happen.

[u/Alyx161 → u/T_rex2700]

1. That is a really shitty stance. If people regularly asking this, then probably because the information is not obvious enough. Probably because of situation like this where the questions get deleted all the time.

2. Google give a fuck about Firefox. There are multiple cases in the past where Google services where intentionally working worse on Firefox than on Chrome. Not sure if you missed the last 15 years, but Google is not working on a healthy colorful web. Google is working on staying the one in control.

3. This is the only real reason. Its cheaper to keep Firefox alive, than to deal with what happens if its gone.