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Please remind me why Google is the default search engine in Firefox.
by VMG 12y ago
Please remind me why Google is the default search engine in Firefox.
- ulfw 12y agoBecause they figured they'd get more money from sharing ad dollars through Google search than they could do through Bing I would guess. Does anyone know if their Google partnership is worldwide or do they work with Baidu/Yandex in other parts of the world?
- mcherm 12y agoIt may be the default, but the search engine is fully configurable, with no degredation in functionality.
- VMG 12y agoRight, yet the Google, the evil tyrant, still thinks the default setting is worth paying $160m a year, accounting for over 80% of Mozilla's income. So is using Mozilla in the interest of Google, or is it not?
- nyar 12y agoBecause Mozilla gets money from it and it is something familiar for users. As a user who knows about "defaults" you're way ahead of everyone else and can probably figure out how to change them. For people who don't care Google is perfect.
- pmorici 12y agoThey pay Mozilla a lot of money for the privilege?
- SteveGregory 12y agoIt actually is most of the funding for Mozilla, at least in 2011: http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/15/mozilla-releases-annual-report-for-2011-revenue-up-33-to-163m-majority-from-google/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/15/mozilla-releases-annual-rep...
- zobzu 12y agoI think the users would be disappointed if it was Bing or duckduckgo. Wouldnt they?