

Cynically? To keep the FTC and regional equivalents off their back by funding their competition (Mozilla, for example).
Genuinely? There are possibly a few teams within the behemoth of Google that actually do want to support the green software they use. The value of that support is probably small enough to be hidden in a departments costs so doesn’t get noticed by the pigs in command.




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