Comment by fhd2
6 days ago
They don't get donations from Google, but get paid to include Google as the default search engine, right?
No important difference though. Mozilla tried to switch to Yahoo a few years back and backpedaled. In terms of what users expect, they don't have a lot of options. Google OTOH could do without the users Firefox has left. And I've personally observed Google strong arm "partners". Not sure I see a conspiracy here, but I'm pretty sure that if Google asks for concessions, Mozilla will see what they can do.
You are right, it is not a "donation", more like a business arrangement or something. I am not sure it is limited to "be the default search engine" though.
It is