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[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

So, this was just what made you re-evaluate and realise that you wouldn't put up with it any more? Mozilla's great, but the decisions they're having to make with Firefox to keep the funding from Google can only really be described as "compromised".

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Yes, I'm late to the party.

the decisions they're having to make with Firefox to keep the funding from Google

Very interesting. If you have a link about that I'd love to read up on it.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Here's a 2014 article. Looks like Mozilla were still trying to keep their independence back then.

I'm hoping this is just a blip. It probably is; I think I'm thinking too much into it.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks man. So Mozilla gets $ from whoever wants to be the default search engine.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Sadly. They're doing good stuff with the money, though, so it might be worth it in the long run, but it compromises Firefox to do so.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, maintaining a foundation with goals and employees is expensive.