Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th May 2007 20:52 UTC, submitted by diegocg
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2005-07-08
Based on TFA, it seems that Mozilla gets so much money from Google and alternative default search providers that they see no reason to shoehorn (more) crapware into Firefox. I think they're thrilled that they were able to drive so much revenue ($55M/year!!) from a feature that even the most sensitive users find convenient and unobtrusive.
They'll get more dollars out of offline web apps and mobile platforms. There's no reason to ruin a good thing with their traditional PC web browser when that's their meal ticket into the markets that will make them tons of money going forward.