Being the default search option everywhere is worth a lot to Google. A 2011 report says they pay Mozilla hundreds of millions of dollars to be the default searc

Being the default search option everywhere is worth a lot to Google. A 2011 report says they pay Mozilla hundreds of millions of dollars to be the default search option in Firefox: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8975584/Google-triples-payment-for-Firefox-traffic.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8975584/Google-... So if Google doesn't pay? Bing or Yahoo will happily pay hundreds of millions to take their place.