Google regularly pays other companies to be the default search engine, including Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser. For that, a US federal judge has ruled that such deals have a "significant effect" on maintaining Google's search monopoly, preventing other search engines from competing fairly and entrenching Google's dominance. Google is officially recognized as a monopolist with its search market share about 95%.
Mozilla is a non-profit company. Its latest report was published for 2021-2022. Accordingly, the company earned $593 million, of which $510 million came from Google.
If Mozilla loses its contract with Google due to restrictions applied to the latter, it could be in serious trouble. The company is not yet talking about possible issues it may face.
Mozilla is aware about the situation around the Google company. Its experts are closely reviewing the court’s decision, considering its potential impact on Mozilla.
The Firefox browser offers a range of search options in addition to Google. The default search engine may vary depending on users' location and country. But revenue sources, such as advertising and subscriptions, bring in far less money for Mozilla than the Google deal.
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We can only hope that things will go well for Mozilla. We need something other than Chromium browsers. I follow the development of Ladybird. However, it will not be ready for a long time. The first Alpha is said to arrive in 2026 if all goes well. Building a new browser is not easy.
Link to Ladybird’s website for those of you who don’t know it:
https://ladybird.org/
It’s sad where the anti-trust and its restrictions end up. I wish you all the best luck Mozilla staff and volunteers.
I posted on the Mozilla board, just look at Mullvad, first they had the well-established VPN bringing in revenue, then using that foundation they teamed up with the TOR people to develop the Mullvad browser. A great strategy and an excellent couple of products!
As I understand it, the Firefox VPN is actually repackaged Mullvad. So the question is, what can Firefox implement to bring in revenue? Firefox and Google are not exactly in tune are they. I’m sure many if not the majority or Firefox users would be quite happy to see Mozilla manage their finaces without needing to work together with Google.
I for one would love them to become more independent and self-sustaining :)