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		jakemal on Dec 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox Was Always Enough If Google decided not to pay Mozilla someone else would. Google would lose traffic and eyeballs in that case. Though I do think there is some truth to the monopoly hedge as well.

JohnBooty on Dec 16, 2020 [–]

Yeah, those eyeballs certainly are not without value!

200 million monthly users is still a lot of people.

https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity

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