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So a lawsuit against Google will end up killing Firefox?
@superkret weirdly, yeah. Firefox gets the majority of its money from Google paying to be the default browser. If they're banned from doing that, a lot of browsers will see a big drop in funding.
And Chrome too. I don't really see how either of those can be viable without that search engine money.
If happens, it will start a clock ticking for Firefox to replace that income or shrink to a sustainable staff size before their money runs out.
Would Apple be banned from funding Firefox by this?
Why would Apple fund Firefox? Not for the kindness of their heart, that's for sure. I can see Microsoft/bing replacing google though.
For the same reason as Google, to be the default search engine.
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/07/will-apple-build-a-search-engine/