It is well known Apple is earning billions off of Google for being the Safari default search engine. Mozilla is no different.

“Mozilla earned $570 million in revenue last year, 85% of which came from Google as a result of a deal Mozilla has to share ad revenue from Google search queries coming via Mozilla’s Firefox browser, the chief financial officer of the internet nonprofit testified on Friday.”

Opera is also no different. Opera indicated that 40% of their revenue came from Google in 2024.

Just as the US Department of Justice seeks to eliminate default search deals, Gemini is making its way onto iOS and ads are making their way into Google chatbots.

One thing is clear: Many are benefiting from the “default.”