mesamune to TechnologyEnglish • 2 months agoMozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web | The Mozilla Blogblog.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square63arrow-up1300arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]firefox
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkMozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web | The Mozilla Blogblog.mozilla.orgmesamune to TechnologyEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square63cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]firefox
minus-squareZephyrXerolinkEnglish45•2 months agoIt sounds like Firefox will have a new default search engine soon
minus-square@PrivacyDinguslinkEnglish30•2 months agoI think that’s very unlikely; this PR was delivered pretty much word-for-word with a different partner earlier this year: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox-partners-with-qwant/ imo this is just your standard PR announcement of a partnership between two known entities which will get people talking before they forget about it
minus-square@kautaulinkEnglish23•2 months agoIt’s proposed, but yes it prohibits Google from paying to make its search engine the default for third parties, causing pain not just for Alphabet but for others. Google pays billions annually to Apple and Mozilla to remain the default search engine in Safari and Firefox. https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/usa_vs_google_full_filing/
It sounds like Firefox will have a new default search engine soon
I think that’s very unlikely; this PR was delivered pretty much word-for-word with a different partner earlier this year: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox-partners-with-qwant/
imo this is just your standard PR announcement of a partnership between two known entities which will get people talking before they forget about it
google aint giving mozilla money anymore?
It’s proposed, but yes
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/usa_vs_google_full_filing/