Firefox Creator No Longer Trusts Google

watashi writes "Blake Ross the man whose scratched itch became the Firefox browser explains on his blog why he has a problem with Google's policy of promoting their own products over competitors' in search results. His main gripe is that the tips (e.g. "Want to share pictures? Try Google Picasa") result in an inability for other products (perhaps even Parakey?) to compete for the top slot on Google."

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[Anonymous Coward]

MOD PARENT UP. I never had the insight before I readed this post. I will NO LONGER consider the invest in Google!

Re:He just wants to keep up the image...

[dreemernj]

Yes, that is obvious. But "for-profit" is treated like a bad thing these days and it hurts the image a lot of people have of software like Firefox, even if that image was never the one intended by it's creator.

That said, I kind of feel bad that you responded to my comment. I should have included that it was a wholly owned subsidiary originally since without that it sounds like I am trying to cover something up. It must be mind-numbing to go through all the comments on a story like this trying to correct people. It's probably not healthy.