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Mozilla opposes Web Integrity API proposal (github.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Google pays to be the default search engine in Firefox.

The larger Firefox gets, the less Google is going to want that default search to be anybody OTHER than them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Mozilla are also trying to find sources of additional funding, such as the ads (sponsored sites) that appear on the new tab page now, and their other services such as their VPN.