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Mozilla and Google are expected to extend the Firefox search agreement
Mozilla and Google have expanded their agreement to retain Google's default search engine in the Firefox browser until at least 2023, ZDNet announced. The firms have not publicly announced the contract, which ZDNet reports is worth between $400 million and $450 million a year, but are scheduled to announce later this year. The new agreement was set to expire by the end of 2020.
Mozilla has just announced plans to lay off 250 employees, representing about a quarter of its workforce. Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker wrote in a blog post that the coronavirus pandemic had significantly affected our revenue.
Baker wrote in a blog post that the organization should concentrate on creating innovative goods that customers enjoy and continue to buy, re-focusing on the brand, and finding potential revenue sources. In January, Mozilla has laid off some 70 employees.
Most of Mozilla's revenue comes from search engine companies like Google — as well as Yandex in Russia and Baidu in China — which pay for their search engine to be the default alternative in Firefox. Over the past decade, Firefox 's share of the browser market has declined, and at that time, several larger products, such as Firefox 's phone, & Firefox's OS, have never come to fruition.
Mozilla and Google did not respond immediately to requests for comments on Saturday.
