[facialwipe]

During early smartphone era they spend most of the resources trying to write an OS

Most of Mozilla’s resources have always been spent on Firefox. There was never a cycle where most of Mozilla’s resources were spent on FirefoxOS.

But they need to figure out a way to generate revenue rather than relying on Google.

The percentage of revenue from Google has fallen every year since 2016. Mozilla Corporation had a 33% profit margin in 2022 (The latest data on Wikipedia).

It’s a fantastic business model.

[idoubtit]

> The percentage of revenue from Google has fallen every year since 2016.

"Fallen" is too strong a word: Google still provided 81% of Mozilla's revenue in 2022.

This share probably decreased in 2023, but that's mostly because the revenue increased by $40M thanks to financial operations (see "Interest and dividend income" in Mozilla's annual report for 2023).

[sleepdeep]

Who will pay the bills when Google is forced to end that search contracts?