Ulawulo lukaGoogle kwihlabathi ledijithali iqalile ukushukuma phantsi kobunzima a uthotho lwamatyala befuna ukuchaza ngokutsha imida yamandla abo njengodlame. Oko kwakubonakala kungenakwenzeka kangangeminyaka—ukubona iSebe lezoBulungisa laseUnited States lijongene ngokuphandle nesigebenga sokukhangela—ngoku yinyaniso.
Nangona kunjalo, phakathi kweziphumo ebezingalindelekanga yale nkqubo yokugweba ifunyenwe isoyikiso esingalindelekanga: ukuba esinye sezindululo zikaRhulumente siyaphumelela, Firefox, Isikhangeli seMozilla Foundation, sinokujongana nokuwa kwezoqoqosho ngokwemilinganiselo ebalulekileyo.
IFirefox ihlala kwimbangi yayo ephambili
Ngoku iminyaka emininzi, IMozilla iye yadodobala kwezoqoqosho nto leyo ebangele ukuba afune iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokunyusa ingeniso. Ukusukela ngo-2017, iMozilla igcine ukusebenza kwemali kweFirefox enkosi kwisivumelwano noGoogleNgubani ihlawula ngaphezulu kwe $400 yezigidi ngonyaka ukuze ibe yinjini yokukhangela engagqibekanga kwisikhangeli. Le mali imele phantse i-85% yomvuzo wonyaka wombutho.
Ngexesha lobungqina bakhe kwityala, u-Eric Muhlheim, igosa eliyintloko lezemali likaMozilla, wathi:
Ukuba iinkundla zithintela uGoogle ekwenzeni ezi ntlawulo, iFirefox iya kuba "kwingozi yokwenyani." Ukuba nokwenzeka kokuphulukana nomthombo wengeniso kungadala ukuhla kokucutha, ukwenza buthathaka iqela lophuhliso, ukuwohloka kwemveliso, kunye nokunciphisa ngakumbi isabelo salo semarike.
I-ikhosistim engenayo enye indlela enokwenzeka
Ingxaki yeMozilla Ayikokufumana nje elinye iqabane leshishini: : kukuba ayikho enye injini yokukhangela eyenza imali ngokunempumelelo njengoGoogle. Besele beyizama ngaphambili ngeYahoo!, kwaye iziphumo zaba yintlekele.. I-Microsoft kunye ne-injini yokukhangela ye-Bing nayo ibe phezu kwetafile, kodwa ingeniso yabo enokubakho iphantsi kakhulu, kwaye iimvavanyo zangaphakathi ze-Mozilla zibonise ukuba ukutshintsha injini engagqibekanga kukhokelela kubasebenzisi abalahlekileyo kunye nengeniso.
Le panorama ayintsha. EYurophu, iFirefox ivavanye umanyano nezinye iinjini zokukhangela. njengeQwant okanye iDuckDuckGo, kodwa abakwazanga ukubuyisela umva ukuxhomekeka kwezoqoqosho kuGoogle. Nangona abasebenzisi bexabisa ubumfihlo, abaninzi abafuni ukuncama umgangatho weziphumo zokukhangela ezinikezelwa yinkokeli yemarike.
Ityala lokungathembeki ijonge ukunciphisa amandla kaGoogle kwiwebhu, kodwa enye yeziphumo zayo engafunwayo inokuba ukunyamalala komkhangeli zincwadi kuphela kubalulekile ayisiyiyo eyenkampani enkulu yetekhnoloji. I-Gecko, i-injini yonikezelo ye-Firefox, kuphela kwe-injini ezintathu eziphambili zonikezelo ezingalawulwa sisigebenga seshishini (ezinye ezimbini yiChromium kaGoogle kunye neWebKit yeApple). Ukuba iFirefox iyacima, iyantlukwano yetekhnoloji yewebhu evulekileyo inokujongana nesibetho esingenakuguqulwa.
KwiMozilla, umngcipheko awuphelelanga kwisikhangeli. Ingalo yayo engenzi nzuzo ixhasa amalinge ahlukeneyo esoftware yomthombo ovulekileyo, ukusuka kwizixhobo zewebhu ukuya kuphando kubukrelekrele bokwenziwa kunye nozinzo. Ilahleko yezibonelelo nayo iya kuchaphazela ezi projekthi zoluntu.
Ingeniso eyenye engekanduluki
Ndijongene nesi soyikiso safihlwa, IMozilla izamile ukwahlula imithombo yayo yengeniso ngeenkonzo ezihlawulwayo: iVPN, imiyalezo efihliweyo, iireyidi zokukhangela ezingaziwa, kunye nezinye iimveliso ezigxile kubumfihlo. Nangona ejongwa kakhulu ziingcali zokhuseleko lwe-cybersecurity, la manyathelo akakavelisi ngeniso yaneleyo yokuphelisa ilahleko yesivumelwano sikaGoogle.
Kwiingqikelelo zabo ngaphakathi, Umbutho uyavuma ukuba nangona unqunyulwe kunye nezicwangciso ezingalindelekanga, ukusebenza kwayo kwexesha eliphakathi kuya kuchaphazeleka. Ukwenyuka okucingelwayo kweenjini zokukhangela ezikhuphisanayo, eziqhutywa yimigaqo emitsha, kuya kuthatha ixesha elide kakhulu ukuba zenzeke ukuze kubonelelwe ngeyona ndlela yokuphila kwixesha elifutshane.
Ekugqibeleni, ityala leFirefox liqaqambisa ubuthathaka bemodeli yesoftware yasimahla, ukuze, ukuze uphile, kuye kwafuneka ukuba idibane nayo kanye le nto ifuna ukuyichasa. Ukuba iinkundla zigweba ukuba uGoogle akanakuphinda ahlawule ukuze azimise njengokhetho olungagqibekanga, uloyiso ngokuchasene ne-monopoly luza ngexabiso eliphezulu: ukupheliswa kwesikhangeli esizimeleyo kuphela.