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minus-squareasexualchangeling@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up82arrow-down2·1 year agoI’m reminded of Google’s financial support for Firefox, so as to dissuade the idea that they are a monopoly
minus-squareJuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down1·1 year agoIn exchange, FF uses Google search by default. So they’re also getting direct value from the deal.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoMaybe their Linux distro will use bing. And they’ll bake in ads to the desktop.
minus-squarePolar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoUbuntu, one of the most popular Linux Distros, already did that. Remember when Ubuntu had Amazon ads baked into the OS, and would send everything you typed in your dash to the web, to advertise to you? and it was enabled by default? Or are we just hating on Windows?
I’m reminded of Google’s financial support for Firefox, so as to dissuade the idea that they are a monopoly
In exchange, FF uses Google search by default. So they’re also getting direct value from the deal.
Maybe their Linux distro will use bing.
And they’ll bake in ads to the desktop.
Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux Distros, already did that.
Remember when Ubuntu had Amazon ads baked into the OS, and would send everything you typed in your dash to the web, to advertise to you? and it was enabled by default?
Or are we just hating on Windows?