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[–] donut4ever@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup, iirc 80% of mozillas revenue comes from Google. I could very well be wrong, though. I read it the other day online. It feels like a Robin Hood situation to me. Lol

[–] Ado@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

😬 that’s a little terrifying. Especially with the web drm bs now

[–] donut4ever@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It absolutely is. That's why I always say we all need to donate when we can go open source projects. I know Mozilla seems very well off financially, but that's literally because Google pays them a shit ton of money yearly. If they cut that off, they're going under.

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year ago

They get something like $500 million annually from Google. They have decently-sized cash reserves, but they'd have a LOT of trouble if Google ever cancel that deal.