Looks are deceiving, they say. And rightly so: did you really think Google was struggling with Bing’s AI blast? Nothing is further from realityand it is that beyond the future and according to the statistics, the level with which Google dominates the search market does not compare to anything you compare, whether it is browsers or operating systems.

So you may be hearing a lot more about Bing these days than in years past, that the numbers, however imprecise, have meaning. And when we go back to the stats and make a comparison, Bing is to Google what Linux is to Windows. That, taking into account all the means of using search services, on PC and, more importantly these days, on mobile.

Total what Microsoft tries to put Firefox in its pocket again, this time proactively and not just letting Mozilla test the possibilities as it happened a few years ago. At least that’s what they report on The Information, where they mention senior managers of the software giant as the source of the news. And yes, artificial intelligence does play a role, but only in a sweet spirit.

The truth is that the usual agreement between Mozilla and Google, according to which the search engine is placed as the default option in Firefox ends this year, then it will have to be renegotiated. As always, each party will try to scrape what they can, that is, less and more money, and although Google has a privileged position, because it already has Chrome, which is the number one browser among browsers, and Firefox has shown a decline in In recent years, it is not so easy.

On the one hand, because Google doesn’t want Firefox to collapse for monopoly reasons, and on the other hand, because no matter how sad the situation is for Bing, Microsoft has the money to seize the opportunity and scratch what you can. By the end of 2022, Firefox is estimated to have approximately 360 million users worldwide, counting all platforms on which the browser is available. so less than Microsoft Edge if we look at the stats. But it all adds up.

Of course, the question of dignity remains. The dignity of Mozilla, an organization whose talk about privacy falls short of how they act, see this case as an example. And while the dilemma of survival is well-founded, laying off hundreds of employees while executives keep their million-dollar salaries or maintain offices in some of the most expensive places in the world says little about a supposed non-profit.