[GTALUG] Google is ruled a monopoly so Firefox is at serious risk

[Steve Petrie]

It's easy to change Firefox default search engine to DuckDuckGo.

As soon as my Debian 11 linux boots, I always start Firefox ESR and 
change the Default Search Engine to DuckDuckGo.

Easily done:

(1) left-click hamburger button (the 3 horizontal lines at top right 
corner of Firefox window);

(2) left-click "Settings" menu item;

(3) left-click "Search" menu item on left side of window;

(4) open "Default Search Engine" drop-down list (left-click small "v");

(5) left-click "DuckDuckGo" item in drop-down list;

(7) left-click hamburger button (the 3 horizontal lines at top right 
corner of Firefox window);

(8) left-click "New window" menu item- - see new Firefox window open, 
with DuckDuckGo as search engine;

(9) left-click  "+" sign in Firefox title bar -- see new page open in 
current Firefox window, with DuckDuckGo as search engine;

-------- Original Message --------

  		SUBJECT:
  		Re: [GTALUG] Google is ruled a monopoly so Firefox is at serious risk

  		DATE:
  		2024-08-13 11:59

  		FROM:
  		Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>

  		TO:
  		"D. Hugh Redelmeier" <hugh at mimosa.com>, GTALUG Talk <talk at gtalug.org>

Well..its not quite this simple.
Starting with a question?  can attachments be sent to the list?
My  media hat on, its because I have a copy of this ruling, but you can 
find it as well. i suggest using duckduckgo instead of  Google though.
The correct situation is that Google is violating antitrust laws by 
paying companies , and apparently  that includes Mozilla   for them to 
force users to  have default access to Google's search engine only.
What I find really concerning about what you share though may be a 
misconception on my part.
I have always believed that Mozilla was a nonprofit organization.
Meaning that Google would be donating funding to Mozilla..then taking 
that same amount off their taxes to create an antitrust situation..which 
speaking personally  feels both illegal and immoral on several levels 
for me.
Anyway, the ruling, which will be challenged in court for many many 
years, will require google to stop buying competitors out of the search 
engine market, allowing end users to choose what search tool they want 
instead.
As I said,i have a copy of the decision,  there is allot of press on the 
case.
Kare

On Tue, 13 Aug 2024, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

> Apparently 90% of Mozilla's funding comes from Google.
> Google pays that money to be the default search engine for Firefox.
> Google may have to stop.
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