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0 pointsfacialwipe1y ago0 comments

During early smartphone era they spend most of the resources trying to write an OS

Most of Mozilla’s resources have always been spent on Firefox. There was never a cycle where most of Mozilla’s resources were spent on FirefoxOS.

But they need to figure out a way to generate revenue rather than relying on Google.

The percentage of revenue from Google has fallen every year since 2016. Mozilla Corporation had a 33% profit margin in 2022 (The latest data on Wikipedia).

It’s a fantastic business model.

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idoubtit1y ago

> The percentage of revenue from Google has fallen every year since 2016.

"Fallen" is too strong a word: Google still provided 81% of Mozilla's revenue in 2022.

This share probably decreased in 2023, but that's mostly because the revenue increased by $40M thanks to financial operations (see "Interest and dividend income" in Mozilla's annual report for 2023).

sleepdeep1y ago

Who will pay the bills when Google is forced to end that search contracts?

Widdershin1y ago

One of the other bidders, like when Yahoo won the bidding in the early 2010s.

facialwipeOP1y ago

It is unlikely the incoming DOJ will pursue a breakup of Alphabet.

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