It was 'entirely self inflicted' from the start [0]
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> Mozilla can live without Google's money, Baker says
> We've spent a lot of time and energy making sure that Google understands that it cannot turn us into an arm of Google
Perhaps that was the signal that provoked Google to create Chrome in 2008 since Mozilla was going to walk away from them. Today, Google's millions still makes around 80% of Mozilla's entire revenue. Chrome has become more stronger and Mozilla is still heavily dependent on Google's millions and still haven't figured out how to make money without them 14 years later.
Mozilla needs to find itself some significant revenue by themselves which is compatible with their mission statement before preaching about 'privacy' and taking payment from a 'anti-privacy' company which is their direct competitor.
It was 'entirely self inflicted' from the start [0]
From [0]
> Mozilla can live without Google's money, Baker says
> We've spent a lot of time and energy making sure that Google understands that it cannot turn us into an arm of Google
Perhaps that was the signal that provoked Google to create Chrome in 2008 since Mozilla was going to walk away from them. Today, Google's millions still makes around 80% of Mozilla's entire revenue. Chrome has become more stronger and Mozilla is still heavily dependent on Google's millions and still haven't figured out how to make money without them 14 years later.
Mozilla needs to find itself some significant revenue by themselves which is compatible with their mission statement before preaching about 'privacy' and taking payment from a 'anti-privacy' company which is their direct competitor.
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