warmaster@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoMozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survivalwww.omgubuntu.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down14 cross-posted to: opensource@programming.dev
arrow-up1223arrow-down1external-linkMozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survivalwww.omgubuntu.co.ukwarmaster@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square81linkfedilink cross-posted to: opensource@programming.dev
minus-squaresunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·1 year agoYou say that as if we’re lying. Mozilla’s entire revenue is from the search deal. If it goes away, you can kiss the entire company goodbye. Not saying that OSS is inherently unable to survive or anything like that.
minus-squareSupervisor194@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down16·1 year agoThen die. Open source software wasn’t created to generate revenue.
You say that as if we’re lying. Mozilla’s entire revenue is from the search deal. If it goes away, you can kiss the entire company goodbye. Not saying that OSS is inherently unable to survive or anything like that.
Then die. Open source software wasn’t created to generate revenue.