Slightly buried in the news that #Chrome will have to be sold off, there’s also news that Google cannot pay browsers to be their default search engine.
That’s going to have huge effects, especially for browsers like #Firefox - it’s going to be an interesting to see this pan out
#tech #webdev #google #programming #web #code #Mozilla
If happens, it will start a clock ticking for Firefox to replace that income or shrink to a sustainable staff size before their money runs out.
Would Apple be banned from funding Firefox by this?
Why would Apple fund Firefox? Not for the kindness of their heart, that’s for sure. I can see Microsoft/bing replacing google though.
For the same reason as Google, to be the default search engine.
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/07/will-apple-build-a-search-engine/