This is kind of a moot point. If you read the article carefully, you'll notice that Yahoo will be bringing "a new, re-imagined Yahoo search experience to Firefox users in the U.S"
> "a new, re-imagined Yahoo search experience to Firefox users in the U.S"
I wonder if or how Yahoo's "re-imagined" search experience will be affected for non-Firefox users.
UPDATE: Yahoo's press release says their "clean, modern, and immersive search experience that will launch first to Firefox’s U.S. users in December and then to all Yahoo users in early 2015."
Interesting that Firefox users get it first. If they're clever (I think they are), that's a tactic to help Mozilla with user acquisition. (assuming the reimagined search experience is something that they can make people want to try)
Actually it makes sense IMO. Current yahoo "stylesheet" and ads are freaking terrible.
If they bring a clean UI with few or no ads this makes it way more useable.
I felt cheated _every time_ I took a regular cab. The meter could be set to various modes (L1- Day in City, L2- Evening in City / Suburb, L3 - Late nights, etc.) and I was never sure if it was on the correct mode. Also, the drivers were rude and acted as if they were doing me a favor.
Uber although slightly more expensive, was dramatically better. The drivers were polite, helpful and I never got scammed on the charge. Moreover, I didn't have to deal with foreign currency coins and notes.
The 3 months of compensation mentioned here - is equivalent only to 1.5 months in any other country. So not overtly generous.
I'm sure their employment contracts mention 1-2 months of salary in event of termination (or a similar notice period in case the employee wants to leave) - so this is not more than committed.
(In India the "Base Salary" component is often 50% of FIXED compensation, not including bonuses. This is done to reduce the statutory requirements on the company, especially in times like this.)
It's 3 months of 'basic pay', which would be half or less than half of the total salary. The rest is divided into so-called perks such as house rent allowance, travel allowance, education allowance, etc., which are partially tax-deductible for employees to various extents.
