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        They pay a lot of money to be the default search engine. It’s a compromise.

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            It’s where the majority of Mozilla’s funding comes from. Last I checked, the Google deal was responsible for something like 85% of their income.

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          😬 that’s a little terrifying. Especially with the web drm bs now

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              They get something like $500 million annually from Google. They have decently-sized cash reserves, but they’d have a LOT of trouble if Google ever cancel that deal.