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minus-squarelemmyhavesome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·5 months agoI think the real reason Google is funding Firefox is because they’re afraid of being targeted in antitrust lawsuits. As long as Firefox is around, they have someone they can point to, to say they’re not a monopoly.
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoThis 100%. You could maybe argue that Safari exists, but that is Apple exclusive I think, so it would probably not work as an argument.
I think the real reason Google is funding Firefox is because they’re afraid of being targeted in antitrust lawsuits. As long as Firefox is around, they have someone they can point to, to say they’re not a monopoly.
This 100%. You could maybe argue that Safari exists, but that is Apple exclusive I think, so it would probably not work as an argument.