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Google needs Firefox to exist for anti-trust reasons. If they don’t buy fire fox’s traffic, bing will.

• Nuzzerino 6y ago
  Isn't that the very definition of a "trust"?
  • ivancho 6y ago
    Not according to some very well-paid lawyers, so I guess no.
• shultays 6y ago
  I always wondered if firefox would actually change default engine if google stops the cash. It would remove some chunk of users at least imo, can firefox really afford it?
  • pseudalopex 6y ago
    They switched to Yahoo for a while.
  • sjwright 6y ago
    They’d change the default for fresh profiles but they wouldn’t dare overwrite existing installs. The former is a minor nuisance that would only cause minor grumbling but not affect market share. The latter would be actively hostile and cause significant loss of trust.
    • Dylan16807 6y ago
      I think last time if you were still on default you moved to the new default. But it's hard to find a definitive record.
• zaphirplane 6y ago
  Safari and edge are enough, I doubt google needs Firefox as a competitor like gates needed Apple (and injected funds)
  • Reelin 6y ago
    I thought Edge was now a paint job over Chrome?
    • Zenbit_UX 6y ago
      So is Safari, there's only really two engines now, Chrome (Edge, Safari, Opera, Brave, et al) and Firefox (Tor).
      • cpmsmith 6y ago
        Safari isn't Chromium-based, it's WebKit; Chromium forked Blink out of it.
        • Zenbit_UX 6y ago
          Oh, my mistake.
    • Eupolemos 6y ago
      I'm going off the top of my head here, but you can watch Netflix in 1080p (and 4K I believe, I only have a 1440p monitor) on Edge, to see up to 1080 in chrome or FF you need an extension with 4K not being possible. I don't know if it is a tech-issue or legal, but since it can be fixed with an extension, I guess it's tech?