From PM's POV, makes sense as Google isn't cutting them in on revenue. That said, the report is wrong. Users can still change back to Google if they want.
http://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=90571&sid=2596e3b0917c6ec5844a248c8d118d17#p90571 Palemoon has been updated to 26.4.0.