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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: 0.204s | 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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1. tfsh ◴[03 Sep 25 03:05 UTC] No.45111867[source]▶
What a statement. Mozilla going bankrupt would be disastrous, I don't think you appreciate how much effort goes into maintaining and evolving browsers, there are very few entities well funded enough with the expertise to maintain a fork, and that's without making assertions on their altruism. Mozilla's is in the right place, even if far too often they miss the mark.