All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding

All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding Google pays for 80%+ of the development budget of all major web browsers, and soon, the US will force Google to stop supporting their competitors. Dan Fabulich Follow 3 min read · 2 days ago 2 days ago -- Listen Share Four major web browsers dominate the market: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple’s Safari. What most users don’t realize is that Google effectively bankrolls over 80% of the development for all of them. But this funding stream is under threat: the US Department of Justice is moving to force Google to cut off its competitors and divest from Chrome, a decision that will simultaneously cripple the development of every major browser. Google directly pays 80%+ of Mozilla and Safari’s budget Google pays Mozilla and Apple to make Google Search the default search engine for Firefox and Safari. Google pays Apple about $18 billion each year, and pays Mozilla about $450 million each year. “ ... Read full article.