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I love Firefox, don't get me wrong, it's my main browser. But it really feels uneasy that they're working hard to get us away from the privacy unfriendly company that keeps Firefox afloat. lol
I imagine they explored dumping Google, but all indicators show they would be on life-support for that decision
Their contract with Google for having Google search as the primary search engine on Firefox, at least as of a couple of years ago, has been key in keeping the company afloat. I would be surprised if that wasn't still the case.
That's what I'm alluding to