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Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

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858 points colesantiago | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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colesantiago ◴[02 Sep 25 20:31 UTC] No.45108621[source]▶
What does this mean for Mozilla?

Where would Mozilla get their 80% of revenue from if Google now has to probably sever and end their search deal for Firefox? [0].

[0] https://www.theverge.com/news/660548/firefox-google-search-r...

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solardev ◴[02 Sep 25 21:09 UTC] No.45109095[source]▶
Ideally Mozilla would go bankrupt and a better-managed org could fork Firefox and pick up from there.
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thayne ◴[02 Sep 25 21:45 UTC] No.45109497[source]▶
Who would this better managed org be?

And how would they get the necessary funding?

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solardev ◴[02 Sep 25 22:01 UTC] No.45109699[source]▶
Personally I'd vote for Apache, or a new FOSS group. They don't need all the funding that Mozilla currently gets (most of which isn't spent on Firefox anyway).

I'd rather see that effort than something like Ladybird, personally.

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1. thayne ◴[03 Sep 25 02:08 UTC] No.45111548{4}[source]▶
Looking at the financial statements for Mozilla and Apache, Apache'a total revenue ($2.3 million)for 2023 is less than 1% of Mozilla's software development costs ($260 million).

Yes, Mozilla is mismanaged, but I'm very doubtful Apache has the resources to continue Firefox development and stay competitive.