Browsers have their established distribution channels and then they funnel people into search. Google only pays Firefox and Safari because it ends up being profitable. Chrome is much cheaper.

Search referral

Firefox has long been profitable enough to have its horrible leadership siphon off money for all these non-browser efforts, like this AI stuff and acquisitions like Pocket.

Well, that’s what the DoJ-proposed technical committee is for: to ensure that the terms of the settlement are followed. I’d have them follow the buyer as well and make sure they are working towards the health of the open web.

(This is just my personal opinion, not representing Bloomberg or Ecma or TC39 or anything)

I wanted to call it lakhmurder but that would be too high of a threshold tbh