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I would bet that Google wouldn't let this happen unless Chrome superceded Firefox's market share by a very significant margin -- but then again, the asking bid

I would bet that Google wouldn't let this happen unless Chrome superceded Firefox's market share by a very significant margin -- but then again, the asking bid price for the default search engine is probably directly proportional to Firefox's market share, so at that point, why wouldn't Google hang on to the privilege (it wouldn't cost much). Does Opera have a default search engine?

azakai 15y ago
Yes, Opera has a default search engine. In fact Opera is very good at monetizing that, they basically get all search engines to bid for it. With much smaller market share than Firefox, Opera still makes a lot of money from the default search engine.