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Firefox Creator No Longer Trusts Google

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the watching-the-watchmen dept.

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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  1. His scratched itch became the Firefox browser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My scratched itch became ringworm.

    I wish I had more ambition. And less fungus.

  2. Re:Parakey? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your view of Firefox should have dminished when you realized it consumed 300MB of memory and that it loads pages dog slow.

  3. Re:Why shouldn't they? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    MOD PARENT UP

    This is the most insightful post Ive read all day. The fact some schmo agrees with some other schmo really makes you think.

  4. MOD PARENT UP by NosTROLLdamus · · Score: 0, Funny

    Best Comment I've read all day.

  5. Re:I presently work for Google. by aristotle-dude · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, so are you a Google acountant or a security professional. Don't tell me you changed jobs yesterday.

    Maybe he/she/it is a CIA plant who got confused about which cover story they were using this month. Either than or they have a multiple personality disorder where each personality holds down a different job at opposite ends of the country.
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  6. Uninstall it. by Giloo · · Score: 2, Funny

    OK, so let's just uninstall Google...

  7. Blake grew up? by flyingfsck · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess he finally realized how the capitalist system works.

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  8. Re:Why shouldn't they? by blakeross · · Score: 4, Funny
    Frankly I find it interesting after Microsoft started giving them help with Vista compatibility that we hear this negative google talk

    I knew someone would figure it out eventually. Yes, the Vista workshop was so valuable that I decided to cut all ties with Google. They may be supplying millions of dollars and free promotions across the globe, but... man, it was such a great workshop!

  9. Re:Blake Ross, Step Down by AEton · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) Denounce self anonymously
    2) Post logged-in denial
    3) Instant karma!
    4) ...
    5) Profit

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    We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
  10. Re:I presently work for Google. by ggy · · Score: 2, Funny
    [...]or they have a multiple personality disorder where each personality holds down a different job at opposite ends of the country.
    Hmm, like some kind of TriPersonalityPuppy?
  11. Re:Blake Ross, Step Down by serialdogma · · Score: 4, Funny

    >SerialDogma is a cheat who stole my wife, burnt down my house, and killed my cat.
    I am sadly forced to rase to the bait, none of those scandalous allegations have any element of truth, and the fact this troll posts as an AC further shows this.

  12. Re:I presently work for Google. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    _Every_ post fake? But... he just said... and...

    Oh, dear.

    (You don't suppose he's Cretan, by any chance?)