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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 21:43:39 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Mozilla Warns DOJ's Google Breakup Plan May Hurt Small Browser Makers: The maker of Firefox browser said in a statement the DOJ's blanket ban on search revenue-sharing deals would disproportionately impact smaller players that rely on such agreements, while failing to meaningfully increase competition in search https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/22/1112255/mozilla-warns-dojs-google-breakup-plan-may-hurt-small-browser-makers What do you think? Is Mozilla correct here?

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 21:49:24 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     Of course, Mozilla will say that banning and breaking up Chrome from Google will affect them. It will affect them for sure.

     Tomorrow, Apple will also issue the same statement, saying Safari will suffer.

     They are all taking money from Google and helping Google maintain a monopoly. Maybe Google needs to play fair instead of playing dirty and getting non-profits to cry about it.

     Google is now building pressure on the DOJ and trying to convince them that they are a fair player here. LOL

   • Schamschula (schamschula@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 21:54:26 JST Schamschula

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     @nixCraft I’ve long ago switched my default search engine to DuckDuckGo. On rare occasions I will manually go to Google for a second opinion. Given that AI hallucinations are now commonplace for Google, why would you want use it in the first place?

   • Luca Bertozzi (lucabtz@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 22:18:53 JST Luca Bertozzi

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     @nixCraft do you have some nice read to understand exactly what is going on?

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 22:18:53 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • Luca Bertozzi

     @lucabtz https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp81ppr3l9go.amp

   • Michael Egan (layertrade@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 22:31:51 JST Michael Egan

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     @nixCraft correct statement but incredibly necessary. Google money to Firefox is meritless- empty carbs and sugar. Firefox needs to learn to eat its peas to grow up to be a healthy company without Mama/Papa Google propping them up. For its own good and for the health of the browser ecosystem.

   • Yuki Linux (eliteamdgamer@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 23:09:27 JST Yuki Linux

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     @nixCraft I guess servo and ladybird were not in their predictions. But at the end of the day, the CEO and upper management just does not want to lose their salary that they need to lose. lol.