Open Web AdvocacyApr 28

🚨 New Article: Is It Worth Killing Mozilla to Shave Off Less Than 1% From Google’s Market Share?

The DOJ is seeking to cancel all of Google's revenue-sharing deals with browser vendors. 🧵

✅ We agree the Apple-Google deal should be cancelled.

⚠️ But we're concerned about the impact on smaller browsers — especially Mozilla.

💰 Google currently pays Mozilla about $410–$420 million per year.

👉 https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/is-it-worth-killing-mozilla-to-shave-off-less-than-1-percent-from-googles-market-share

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Show threadOpen Web AdvocacyApr 28

❓ It's unclear whether Bing or DuckDuckGo could even match a quarter of that.

🛠️ Mozilla needs significant funding to maintain Gecko, one of just three major browser engines still in active use worldwide.

🌐 Gecko helps keep the web open and competitive.

📉 Cancelling Google’s deal with Mozilla would reduce Google's U.S. search engine market share by less than 0.75%.

🤔 Is that really worth the cost?

Emma ZühlckeApr 28
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🧩 Do we truly believe the web would be better off in a world where Mozilla no longer exists?

📖 Full article here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/is-it-worth-killing-mozilla-to-shave-off-less-than-1-percent-from-googles-market-share

Is It Worth Killing Mozilla to Shave Off Less Than 1% From Google’s Market Share? - Open Web Advocacy

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Show threadLorenApr 28
@owa Despite some missteps and poorly communicated things, I'm inclined to say absolutely the fuck not.
Show threadOpen Web AdvocacyApr 28
@duckdotexe We're inclined the same way!
Show threadNecheshApr 28
@duckdotexe @owa i think a big part of why mozilla is getting shadier is because they see the end of the money train from Google
Show threadsvoop ✊Apr 28
@owa Hell no! And why not dubbing Firefox the "EU privacy browser model" and helping Mozilla to maintain it by assigning some EU funds?
Show threadBohwaZMay 1
@svoop
Firefox is not focused on privacy and doesn't even complies with gdpr as it is sending telemetry by default. See librewolf for a fork focused on privacy.
@owa
Show threadocdtrekkieMay 6

The answer to this one is emphatically yes. Firefox is good, but Mozilla is terrible. For Firefox to truly live, Mozilla has to die.

And the sale of Chrome combined with the lack of Google search deals buying out Safari and Firefox will likely lead to dozens of new browsers and search engines, a new *renaissance* for the web.

Show threadocdtrekkieMay 6

Defending Google's business today is like demanding we should all just keep using Internet Explorer 6.

The future is right around the corner, it's time to embrace it.