LXer: Mozilla Ditches Google Default Search for Yahoo

LXer · 11-20-2014, 06:41 PM

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Mozilla is making some important changes to the Firefox internet browser and they have decided that it was time to change the default search engine option from Google to different alternatives, including Yahoo.

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dugan · 11-20-2014, 07:20 PM

All the "Google bought Mozilla's decision making process" people can admit how silly they were now.

metaschima · 11-21-2014, 01:39 PM

I think it is a good move to distance themselves from Google. This does not in any way indicate that Google has not influenced Mozilla's decision making and their decline.

ntubski · 11-21-2014, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dugan

All the "Google bought Mozilla's decision making process" people can admit how silly they were now.

By "admit how silly they were" you mean change to "Yahoo bought Mozilla's decision making process"?

metaschima · 11-21-2014, 04:03 PM

That's fine, Yahoo doesn't currently have its own browser so they also have no reason to sink Mozilla and steal their users.