Mozilla could be “biggest loser” if DOJ wins Google trial, ex-Google exec says.

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.”

  • shastaxc@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    The only reason that would work is if they used user search data to sell to advertisers or show ads themselves. That’s how Google search makes money, but it’s antithetical to everything Mozilla is trying to market themselves as: a privacy oriented browser.

      • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        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.websiteEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          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.worldEnglish
            11·
            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.