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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 05/04/2025 07:34 EDT

Firefox Could Be Doomed Without Google Search Deal, Executive Says

An anonymous reader shared this report from The Verge:


Firefox could be put out of business should a court implement all the [U.S.] Justice Department's proposals to restrict Google's search monopoly, an executive for the browser owner Mozilla testified Friday. "It's very frightening," Mozilla CFO Eric Muhlheim said.


The Department of Justice wants to bar Google from paying to be the default search engine in third-party browsers including Firefox, among a long list of other proposals including a forced

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