Mozilla could be “biggest loser” if DOJ wins Google trial, ex-Google exec says.

Baker’s testimony shows that Mozilla depends so much on its deal with Google for revenue that “the biggest loser of a DOJ win in the Google case would be Mozilla.”

  • sir_reginald@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    1 year ago

    that’s not really Mozilla’s fault, users are too locked into Google and that’s ultimately Google’s fault.

    Although I don’t like at all that Mozilla is funded by Google and testified in their favor.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      I saw it more as testifying about why they did what they did

      Ultimately the message is still ‘we had to use Google to survive, they have that much control over the space’

    • TheHarpyEagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      I’m of two minds. I use Firefox for privacy reasons and don’t use Google if I can avoid it, but I have to admit that chrome was leagues better than other popular browsers at the time. It’s no accident that they ran away with the market share even when IE was on everyone’s computer by default.

      Now they’ve gotten huge and their search engine has gone to shit. So it goes with infinite growth. I’m with Firefox for now, but I’ve learned the hard way not to totally trust any piece of software.

    • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      You can export EVERYTHING, Forward email, and have alternatives for every thing. It’s incredibly easy to move away from Google.

      It’s a choice. There is no lock in.

      • sir_reginald@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        oh definitely. I haven’t used a Google service in 5 years. But Google’s lock in is not forced, it’s one that relies on people tech illiteracy, comfort and not knowing better.