Firefox lost users during “failed” Yahoo search deal, says Mozilla CEO
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Curious what people here think about Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker's statement in Google's anti-monopoly trial-. She claims that Firefox uses Google as its default search because users prefer it, not because of payments from Google.
That can't be a real hairstyle.
She looks like a cartoon villain.
As a Firefox user I prefer Kagi. Google is the antithesis of everything Firefox is supposed to stand for. That said, Yahoo has always been horrible and, out of the options that ARE available, Yahoo was easily the absolute worst.
Kagi is quite nice, but I don’t know if it justifies the cost compared to the alternatives (DDG/Brave search)
IMO DDG, Yahoo and Bing all sucks when it comes to anything complicated. I can see why general public would be put off by this. If they can't figure on how to switch Search engines, then don't really care about any Privacy.
It's 100% because of the payments. They could use DDg without issues. But to be honest Firefox uses basically rely on Google funding and that in turn allows Google to continue to monopolies search. Deal with the devil but not sure of there is a real alternative.
DDG doesn't really compare to Google search results. I can hardly find anything I'm looking for when it's pretty much always on the first page of Google
DDG sucks when it comes on regional searches or bing in particular, searches related to education is shit if you are still studying.
Mozilla sucks these days. It needs new management
I believe Mozilla's decision to part ways with Yahoo after the "failed" search deal was a smart move. User trust and satisfaction should always be a priority, and I hope they continue to focus on delivering a top-notch browsing experience to regain lost users.
Was this response generated by AI?
looking at their comment history, probably yeah