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To: Vince Ferrer

The likelihood of any of these tech companies NOT being far left Obamaphiles is slim to none. Since the browser is not for profit and makes no money, it won’t hurt them at all if a few thousand people stop using it.


43 posted on 04/05/2014 7:58:07 PM PDT by risen_feenix
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To: risen_feenix

Mozilla actually earns money from Google based on how many people land on their page with Firefox. The same goes for Yahoo, Bing....etc. The less people use their browser, the less revenue they bring in, simple as that.

Unlike a lot of other boycotts, it costs people nothing more than a couple minutes to download and install a new browser and delete Firefox and/or Thunderbird.


53 posted on 04/05/2014 8:06:27 PM PDT by RedForemanRules
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To: risen_feenix
They get kickbacks from Google for making it the default search engine. It is based either on number of users or number or searches initiated from FireFox, so loosing users will cost them money. I uninstalled it today.
131 posted on 04/05/2014 11:00:22 PM PDT by Vietnam Vet From New Mexico (If you don't want to stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.)
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To: risen_feenix

If sales on apps that they do charge money for shrink, then it will. Given that other apps are meant to work with firefox, this is a potential effect.


155 posted on 04/06/2014 10:18:49 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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