Mozilla is in a tough spot. Firefox is in decline and with that its primary source of revenue from the Google.
They plan to invest in privacy-respecting ads for near-term revenue, open-source AI for mid-term relevance, and online fundraising for long-term growth.
Hard to imagine major success here
They plan to invest in privacy-respecting ads for near-term revenue, open-source AI for mid-term relevance, and online fundraising for long-term growth.
Hard to imagine major success here
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A decade after Eich's appointment, they're still feeling the aftereffects of the brain drain they caused
Partnered with Mullvad for VPN for example so they could still partner and come up with a decently priced suite of products like Proton.
Chrome doesn't make Google money so it's not an anti-trust concern... yet.
The funding for Firefox is in exchange for making Google the default Search provider. Additionally, funding other web browsers (they have a similar deal with Safari) makes most of Google's browser-based products better (so, more money).