It appears to add fewer than other browsers, but I’m not quite sure why it adds “?channel=fenc&client=firefox-b-1-d” to searches when only the q/query parameter is needed for them to work.
It appears to add fewer than other browsers, but I’m not quite sure why it adds “?channel=fenc&client=firefox-b-1-d” to searches when only the q/query parameter is needed for them to work.
Probably in order for Google to know how much of its searches come from being the default search engine in Firefox clients. It is probably part of their deal, and would logically affect the amount of money Google is paying Mozilla to be the default.