On: Mozilla Reaction to U.S. vs. Google

[dragonwriter]

> The day Mozilla shuts its doors is the day when Google would become synonymous with the internet.

There's more to the internet than what is accessed via browsers, but as far as browsers are concerned, well, Apple is not spelled M-O-Z-I-L-L-A.

The vast majority of all browser use that isn't Google's Blink is WebKit; Mozilla was significant, but not so much today.

[foepys → dragonwriter]

Try setting up a mail server and sending more than 5 mails a day to Gmail, the biggest mail provider. Be prepared for your mails to be declared spam.

Google has their own DNS they default to on Android. Who knows when google will "block harmful domains".

Google is pushing alternatives to HTTP that are vastly more complicated and improve speed, thus increasing search/page rank.

Yes, you will be able to run things yourself. Just don't expect them to be discoverable.

[dragonwriter → foepys]

I think you misunderstood. I wasn't saying Google doesn't have influence over the non-browser parts of the Internet, I'm saying Mozilla isn't a counterbalance to them on the non-browser parts, nor is Mozilla anywhere close to the most important counterbalance, any more, in the browser space.