Curious what people here think about Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker's statement in Google's anti-monopoly trial-. She claims that Firefox uses Google as its default search because users prefer it, not because of payments from Google.

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[+] 82 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)
  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I have no idea what's keeping Yahoo in business.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yahoo is pretty big in Japan. They offer a service called Yahoo Auctions Japan that is pretty similar to ebay.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's Bing now. Bing back in the day was bad. Not Yahoo bad, but still bad.

    Separate of that though, Yahoo search is just bad so I do believe this. There are other viable options and were a few back in 2017; Yahoo was not one of them.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That can't be a real hairstyle.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    As a Firefox user I prefer Kagi. Google is the antithesis of everything Firefox is supposed to stand for. That said, Yahoo has always been horrible and, out of the options that ARE available, Yahoo was easily the absolute worst.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    IMO DDG, Yahoo and Bing all sucks when it comes to anything complicated. I can see why general public would be put off by this. If they can't figure on how to switch Search engines, then don't really care about any Privacy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's 100% because of the payments. They could use DDg without issues. But to be honest Firefox uses basically rely on Google funding and that in turn allows Google to continue to monopolies search. Deal with the devil but not sure of there is a real alternative.

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    [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Mozilla sucks these days. It needs new management

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  • [+] -21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I believe Mozilla's decision to part ways with Yahoo after the "failed" search deal was a smart move. User trust and satisfaction should always be a priority, and I hope they continue to focus on delivering a top-notch browsing experience to regain lost users.

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