----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Btfsplk Sent: 01/11/12 01:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Google as default search engine revisited
On 1/10/2012 10:26 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I found a thread in the archive (November 2011), but I could not > find a satisfying answer to the questions > > 1. Why is Google the default search engine in the TOR browser bundle? > > 2. Does TOR get money from Google > a) for using Google as the default search engine? > b) in general? Re: Get $. Probably. Just like a lot of other free software get funding from installing search engines or toolbars. But no one has to use Google search or even keep their search engine plugin installed (in TBB, Firefox, etc.). Just install & use the other "privacy respectful" search engines. "Non-Profit" orgs have to get funds from somewhere. Some don't like Mozilla's business deals w/ Google - others don't care or even know there IS a relationship. A lot of people don't like Google, in general, because of their past privacy invasions (some of which they still do, per Privacy Policy). Many obviously don't care. Bottom line: in any business, if peo ple don't like a certain company or product & want other competing companies to succeed, that conduct their business in ways that's more palatable to the customer, then customers must support / use those other, often smaller companies. Else, there won't be much competition to choose from. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk tHE COMPETITION SHOULD BE ABOUT trust AND NOT necesSARILY THE REALITY THAT poeple will do things THEY ORDINarILY WOULDN'T, BECAUSE OF MONEY. bECAUSE OF TRUST, OR lacK THEREOF, THEY DON'T GET MY MONEY, MY TRUST OR MY PATRONAGE. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
