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Firefox lost users during “failed” Yahoo search deal, says Mozilla CEO (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Baker's testimony shows that Mozilla depends so much on its deal with Google for revenue that "the biggest loser of a DOJ win in the Google case would be Mozilla."

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[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd pay for a yearly subscription to a privacy focused search by Mozilla.

[–] corbin@infosec.pub 11 points 1 year ago

Most people wouldn't, which is the issue.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No you won't. I mean maybe you, personally, will, but the majority of people won't. People don't want to pay for YouTube without ads, for fox sake.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mozilla needs sticky viable income streams. Privacy focused search might be something they can sell to other businesses as a service. I would much rather see Mozilla become the next Red Hat than fade away forever.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

The problem is that no one wants to pay money and no one cares about privacy. Privacy in general is a brand new concept which only started its existence about two centuries ago in Catholic countries and still doesn't exist in many parts of the world. Privacy is a foreign concept for humans and paying for it is just silly.