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submitted 1 day ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.

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[–] heh@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Worst part is google could kill Firefox at anytime because they provide a very large amount of Mozilla’s funding.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No, not really. Firefox and Gecko are crucial for Google to avoid being broken up by regulators. They have to keep Firefox alive for that reason.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

True although how true the statement is, in the US at least, is in doubt given the current government leadership and direction.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

They would just have to funnel the money, one last time, but to a different direction. It's not corruption if "he" takes the money...

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It is bad enough if anti-trust actions get moving against a functional monopoly in the EU. Really bad for business ... of the monopolist.