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On April 28, 2022, Firefox tweeted a promise not to sell its Firefox browser to billionaires anyway.
This appears to be a response to Twitter's record $44 billion takeover by the world's richest man, Elon Musk, which seems to have angered those who think the internet shouldn't be in the hands of certain audiences, including Firefox. one.
Birth of Firefox
Before Microsoft dominated the browser market, there was one company's browser that was very popular - Netscape Browser. In April 1994, Netscape (Netscape) Communications Company launched the Netscape browser (Netscape browser) of the same name, which developed rapidly and became the most popular browser at that time. After the company went public in 1995, its founder became a billionaire overnight.
Later, Netscape and Microsoft fought (Netscape Navigator vs Internet Explorer), and Netscape lost.
It was acquired by AOL for $4.2 billion in 1998, but the story doesn't end here.
Netscape's "Escape Plan" made today's Firefox what it is today: Netscape opened the source code of the browser software before it was acquired, and established the Mozilla Foundation. After the continuous efforts of the foundation, Firefox was finally born.
Unlike most other browsers, Firefox has the Gecko open source web engine, which was developed by Netscape and is now maintained by the Mozilla Foundation. In addition, the advantages and characteristics of Firefox are not described one by one, and those who have used it say that it is good.
Safeguard Internet Health
Firefox's "rejection ability" remarks are also in line with Mozilla's mission to ensure that the Internet is a global public resource, open and available to everyone. They pursue a truly people-centred Internet, where everyone is fully empowered, safe and independent, and can shape their own experiences. And Mozilla's manifesto -- an oath to defend the health of the Internet. This is obviously contrary to the purpose and impact of Musk's acquisition of Twitter.
Google still dominates the browser market, and there are now only two major web browsers that aren't based on Chromium: Firefox and Apple's Safari. In the data of the browser market share in March 2022, the Firefox market accounted for only 3.4%.
This has led to many netizens saying that Firefox does not make money in the first place, and Google contributes its largest revenue. Because Mozilla is a non-profit organization, their revenue mainly comes from other companies, 80% of which comes from Google. Some netizens ridiculed, you don't want to sell, and the main rich don't want to buy.
However, if the Internet is really only in the hands of a few people, then only countless netizens will be affected, and it will not be beneficial to the health of the Internet.
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References:
https://rank.kkj.cn/browserworld.shtml