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Mozilla’s response to proposed remedies in U.S. v. Google | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

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[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mozilla is independent. All the search deal really is is that Mozilla sets a default option to point to Google's URL and not another. In exchange, Mozilla gets millions of dollars.

The reality is that the majority of users would choose Google even if it wasn't the default. So Mozilla is both providing the most popular option as the default and benefitting from it.

Anyone who doesn't trust Google, such as me and presumably you, have the freedom to change the default.

[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Mozilla is independent.

Firefox fund the development of their browsers mainly through search revenue––they require this revenue to survive

One company continuing to exist entirely at the whim of their direct competitor seems like the definition of dependency to me. Mozilla's current business model requires them to function as a de facto subsidiary of Google.