Comment Call their bluff? (Score 1) 248
Just hypothesizing, but what would happen if Google didn't renew their contract with Mozilla, allowing Microsoft to burn $300 million a year, while expecting users to change their search provider based purely on the expectation that their product was stronger than Bing search?
Additionally, Firefox would take some flames from users who would be unexpectedly switched away on their next product update. I doubt that Mozilla could change the existing search provider without people noticing or complaining that their rights were invaded, and they would be forced to do so because of the contract. Mozilla may essentially be forced to accept Google on their terms, whatever they were, and turn down a higher bid from Microsoft and Yahoo, simply based on the difficulty on making the switch alone.