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NikolaeVarius
on Aug 14, 2020
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Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides fu...
Nobody knows, since we dont know if the deal will renew
Ndymium
on Aug 14, 2020
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The deal has already been renewed:
https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/14/mozilla_google_search...
hu3
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> our source told us Moz will likely pocket $400m to $450m a year between now and 2023 from the arrangement
Why in hell did they lay off MDN, Rust/Servo and Dev Tools teams?
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IIRC the supposed "burden" of lowering Cxx suite salaries played a non-insignificant role.
teddyh
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Maybe because they wouldn’t have gotten the deal renewed otherwise?
hu3
on Aug 14, 2020
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How does firing some of their brilliant tech staff helps them renew a deal to keep Google as default search on Firefox?
teddyh
on Aug 15, 2020
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The theory is that Google might have
required
this of Mozilla as part of the deal, either officially or unofficially.
distances
on Aug 16, 2020
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That's straight up on the ridiculous conspiracy theory field though.
teddyh
on Aug 16, 2020
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It’s certainly a conspiracy theory, and I’d call it unlikely, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it ridiculous. Much worse things have been known to happen in business.
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