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by gr4vityWall 218 days ago
> they should be looking to branch out. Firefox alone won't pay the bills, so they need to try and find some other revenue source

They probably would've achieved enough to sustain Firefox development in perpetuity if they invested most of Google's money in a fund.

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They do exactly that! Their endowment is now $1.2 billion and its year to year growth is one of their strongest non-Google revenue streams.