Had it saved on my hard drive for years and recently re-discovered it. Seems to be from 2011 (!!)

Google is getting worse by the year, but it seems even back then some people were already seeing where things were going.

(Credits to the original author whoever it might be)

  • @rickdg
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    Google funds most of Mozilla, unfortunately.

    • @danc4498
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      1511 months ago

      Is this through donations, or through google search default?

      • @[email protected]
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        5111 months ago

        From my understanding, this is from setting Google as the default search engine.

        Honestly, I don’t blame them for taking it. The Mozilla corporation has done a lot of good for the modern internet.

        • @[email protected]
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          1111 months ago

          Agreed. It’s a shit system that needs reform or we all die, but for not it’s all about lesser evils

          I worry about many of Firefox’s decisions (they’ve been going off script worryingly frequently), but funding the org with this one concession seems acceptable to me

        • voxel
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          they’re also using Google location services instead of Mozilla ones by default (this only matters if you have disabled native os geolocation service)

    • @Damaskox
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      711 months ago

      So the fox is confused and fighting its own survival through battling its foe?

    • @[email protected]
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      311 months ago

      Didn’t Microsoft prop up Apple at one point specifically to avoid becoming a monopoly and getting regulated as such?