If Chrome Were Handed to Mozilla, Would Firefox Change for the Better? [Paid Subs]

If Google were forced to give up Chrome, handing it to Mozilla could reshape Firefox and the web itself. Here’s what that could mean for performance, privacy, and everyday browser users.

Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about the antitrust case against Google and what the remedies might look like. One of the unintended consequences? Mozilla could end up being collateral damage. If courts block Google from paying to be the default search engine in browsers, Firefox, ironically, Google’s biggest “competitor”, could collapse. Mozilla’s CFO has already said that their search deal with Google provides 85% of Firefox’s revenue.

So here’s the wild idea that’s been floated: what if Chromium, the engine that powers Chrome, Edge, Brave, and others, was taken away from Google… and handed over to Mozilla?

Let’s think through what that could actually mean for Firefox users.