Mozilla warns of possible closure of Firefox browser without agreement with Google

Mozilla has expressed serious concerns about the future of the Firefox browser due to possible restrictions on Google that may be imposed by the US Department of Justice, The Verge reports.

Mozilla CFO Eric Muelheim said that court rulings on Google's search monopoly could jeopardize Firefox's existence. The Justice Department is proposing to ban Google from paying to be the default search engine in third-party browsers, including Firefox.

According to Muelheim, about 90% of Mozilla's revenue comes from Firefox, and 85% of that revenue comes from the Google deal. The loss of funding will force the company to cut costs, which could lead to "significant cuts across the company." This, in turn, will make Firefox less attractive to users and could cause it to disappear.

Mozilla also emphasizes that its Gecko browser engine is the only one that is not owned by a large technology corporation, but by a non-profit organization, and the closure of Firefox can only strengthen the dominance of large technology companies, which the US Department of Justice is fighting so hard.