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Mozilla's 3 Big Bets To Keep the Web Open

Posted by Soulskill on from the mozilla-also-suffering-from-gambling-addiction dept.

GMGruman writes "Savio Rodrigues writes that Google's latest agreement with Mozilla will ironically fund three new areas of competition between Google and Mozilla — areas that users and open source advocates should cheer on as they will make the Web both better and more open. The alternative, he says, is more control by the likes of Google, Facebook, and Apple."

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  1. Re:What? by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No, it's the fact that Apple has a damn-near monopoly on mobile purchases, which are done in their walled garden. This is a big area of user activity, and will become a much bigger area of economic activity. Apple, through iTunes, matters to the Internet. In a bad way, unfortunately.

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  2. Re:What? by lennier1 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's also in Google's interest because it keeps part of the anti-monopoly cries off their back.