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>>danShu+(OP)
Which Mozilla knows that they cannot do anything to stop Google anyway.

After all, Google is the one that pays their bills so either way Mozilla is beyond powerless.

>>rvz+l9
Google doesn't pay Mozilla's bills as a donation, they pay for traffic because they make money from it. Why does this make Mozilla powerless? Was Google successful, for example, in making Firefox not support all the things is does that allow for better Ads blocking?

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

>>yoavm+Ju
Let's be real: If Firefox changed the default search engine it probably wouldn't even cause a blip to Google's traffic.

The real reason Google pays Mozilla is probably closer to "controlled opposition" or "antitrust shield".