"the company looked at the history of social media over the past decade and didn’t like what it saw… existing companies that are only model motivated by profit and just insane user growth, and are willing to tolerate and amplify really toxic content because it looks like engagement… "

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    1 year ago

    They are funded by Google. I much prefer the “some random guys or whoever will fork their code” model of software for this sort of thing.

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      1 year ago

      Google pays them to be the default search engine, they’re not funded by Google.

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          1 year ago

          The rights to search sure are, but it’s more like Google happens to be the one paying it right now. It could be Microsoft or Yahoo or anyone.

          Mozilla definitely needs to diversity better here, but the implication that they’re “funded by google” is completely misleading.

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            1 year ago

            The rights to search sure are, but it’s more like Google happens to be the one paying it right now. It could be Microsoft or Yahoo or anyone.

            I don’t buy that what they are paid reflects the value of their search rights. Google has antitrust interest in the continued existence of Firefox, that’s why they would pay them, doesn’t matter what they say it’s for.