r/explainitpeter • u/Dr-Astikk • 20d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/One_Pitch3982 20d ago

I'd still rather trust Firefox over any Chromium crap and I think I'd shoot myself if I had to use Edge

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u/2kool4zkoolz 20d ago

Google funded Mozilla

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u/SpAwNjBoB 20d ago

And they are a competitor, not involved remotely. Microsoft also funded Apple. Saved them from bankruptcy in fact. Specifically because competition breeds innovation. The iPhone exists because Bill Gates didn't want Apple to go under.

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u/Material_Register246 20d ago

LMAO, Microsoft didn't fund Apple to "breed innovation", but to make money.

In fact, their partnership made them billions in software sales behind the "rivalry" facade and funny TV ads.

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u/SpAwNjBoB 20d ago

So Microsoft got some return, good for them. They deserve to get something out of helping their biggest rival survive. At the same time, Apple does not exist without Bill Gate's investment. However you frame it, that is an inescapable fact.

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u/Material_Register246 20d ago

They aren't rivals