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		Phrodo_00 on May 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over... You could argue they do this in order to keep antitrust from looking at chrome too closely.

cubefox on May 25, 2023 [–]

Google paid Firefox for search before Chrome even existed.

wkat4242 on May 26, 2023 | | [–]

Of course but their reasoning will have changed over time. Because Firefox's market share has changed tremendously as well.

Phrodo_00 on May 26, 2023 | | [–]

Yes, and at that point it was because Firefox was the second most popular browser. Motivations do change.

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