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by criley2 2476 days ago
Firefox is successfully funded by Google through selling default search options. Unless Firefox's revenue were to suddenly and dramatically drop I don't see why they'd need to increase new product prices to fund an already funded project.

And Google, of course, with a 50 state anti-trust probe opening against them, would probably fund Firefox for free just to desperately promote the idea of competition. I'm reminded about how Microsoft funded Apple during the MS monopoly era as a "see, we have competition" response to investigators.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/29/steve-jobs-and-bill-gates-wh...

https://www.wired.com/2009/08/dayintech-0806/