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cpeterso on Dec 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Will Pay Mozilla Almost $300M Per Year in S...

I think nl was suggesting that investors could raise money to buy Firefox's search spot and then create a search engine. Imagine if some VC firm raised $301M to outbid Google and then signed a deal with DuckDuckGo.

bobthebee on Dec 23, 2011 [–]

If DuckDuckGo could really make $301+ M on search in Firefox, they would bid that. Reality, they can't. There is no value created in the imagined middle man investor.

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