[a5aAqU]

Many people wouldn't otherwise sign up for a VPN, and there are a lot of shady VPNs out there. Mozilla can use the feature to help reduce dependence on a company that has been trying to destroy them for years (Google), and help non-tech people get set up with a VPN.

[asteroidbelt]

Google is the largest financial supporters in Firefox, they buy Firefox search bar. If they wanted to destroy Firefox, they’d already do it by simply cutting that revenue stream.

[a5aAqU]

They can't do it like that directly, but they have been undercutting Firefox for years. For a long time when you searched Google from Firefox it would tell you to download Chrome.

[asteroidbelt]

> They can't do it like that directly

Why?

[boomboomsubban]

Or some other search engine would become their revenue stream, like when Yahoo was the default search. Without Google bidding their revenue would likely drop, but it wouldn't disappear.

[asteroidbelt]

True. But revenue would be significantly smaller (other engines cannot afford pay high per click, and lack of competition drives the price per click down), and revenue is already barely enough to cover Mozilla needs (see recent staff cuts).

[PicassoCTs]

They are the amd to my intel, their inability to overthrow me, completes monopoly-me.

[asteroidbelt]

There's enough Chrome alternatives to be considered "amd to my intel": Chrome based browsers like Brave, and Safari.