Mozilla Says Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox’s Survival

Google’s search deal with Mozilla is such a sizeable portion of its overall income that without it, Firefox would struggle to survive — so say Mozilla. It’s no secret that Google pays handsomely for its search engine to be default in Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla’s financial report for 2023 revealed that the amount of money accrued from its “search deals” (specific amounts and from whom is confidential; it’s lumped together) made up roughly three quarters of its entire income for that year. —that figure was noted to be less than it used to be, but then: so is Firefox’s market share </snark> […]

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