Each time one of these issues arose, Firefox lost users to Chrome. These so-called accidents happened hundreds of times, and Nightingale doesn't believe Google is so incompetent as to keep making mistakes. We'll fix it in the next push in 2 weeks.'" But we were still a search partner, so we'd say 'hey what gives?' And every time, they'd say, 'oops. "All of this is stuff you're allowed to do to compete, of course. Demo sites would falsely block Firefox as 'incompatible'," he said. Gmail & Docs started to experience selective performance issues and bugs on Firefox. "Google Chrome ads started appearing next to Firefox search terms. ![]() Nightingale says that while Google's individual workers believed both companies were on the same side, the organization itself didn't see things that way. ![]() In fact, the story we kept hearing was, "We're on the same side. They had a competing product now, but they didn't cut ties, break our search deal - nothing like that. When chrome launched things got complicated, but not in the way you might expect. But Nightingale claims Google used underhand tactics to ensure Chrome stayed ahead of its rival. "Our revenue share deal on search drove 90% of Mozilla's income," he tweeted. He writes that Google was the company's biggest partner during his eight years at Mozilla. Jonathan Nightingale, former General Manager and Vice President of the Firefox group at Mozilla, revealed all on Twitter over the weekend. According to a former Mozilla executive, it's something Google has been doing for years: intentionally sabotaging Firefox to increase Chrome's popularity. Why it matters: It's no secret that tech companies with competing products aren't averse to using dirty tricks to get ahead.
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