Mozilla has officially announced that they will no longer be receiving revenue from Google. There is no doubt that losing revenue from Google will be a big hit simply given how huge Google is. The company announced that they ended their global agreement with Google at the end of 2014. Can Mozilla honestly make as much money as they were without Google’s help?
CONFIDENT IN THEMSELVES
Mozilla seems to have a lot of pride and ego when it comes to them and Google. Now this is just speculation, but it seems like the company is coming off a little bit arrogant. Mozilla has stated that they are fully confident in their Firefox web browser and that they are a more flexible company. This is coming straight from Mozilla’s mouth and it seems like they now have a chip on their shoulder because they do not need Google anymore? However, do these still need Google? Mozilla will most likely be fine by themselves, but Google is one of the biggest companies in the entire world and their revenue can not help but to be missed. CFO James Cook did not seem to worry though with his comments. Cook stated that Firefox looks forward to seeing the 2015 revenue statistics to prove their continued track record of good revenue. Does that sound like confidence or arrogance? The answer is up to interpretation.
MOZILLA VS. GOOGLE
With Mozilla seemingly happier now that they ate away from Google, the question begs: who is better? Both of these companies are very popular and successful, and both have top notch web browsers in Chrome and Firefox respectively. The answer of who is better is all about preference and does not have one answer. What should be said is both companies are successful and they will most likely continue to be successful barring anything catastrophic. It also seems like there might be a hint of hostility, but that could be just an assumption. One thing that can be known is Google helped out Mozilla all of these years. The company should be and most likely is thankful for it.
