Firefox-Google Marriage on Shaky Ground? | Linux Today

Firefox-Google Marriage on Shaky Ground?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 13, 2007

“Yes, Firefox reached a major milestone this week, surpassing
400 million downloads worldwide. But that’s just the good news.
There’s another story swirling around the famously open source web
browser–and it’s a little less sunny.

“Last week, The New York Times questioned whether the growing
popularity of a Firefox extension called AdBlock Plus poses a
threat to the ad-driven business models of entertainment, media,
and search sites across the web. If enough people install the
extension and other ad-killing browser gizmos, The Times asked,
could they chip away at the bottom line of companies like CNN,
Microsoft, and Google…?”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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