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Credit: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/technology/google-alphabet-ceo-larry-page-sundar-pichai.html
A recent report published by the UK Competition Markets Authority has revealed that Google parted with a large sum of money to remain the default search in engine in Apple's mobile Safari browser. The report revealed that the search engine giant paid a whopping sum of £1.2 billion (roughly $1.5 billion) all through 2019 to secure its leading position in the market.
Apple, according to the report, obviously got a larger chunk of that amount. With that kind of money being paid to device makers like Apple, it is practically impossible for competitors to compete since there is no longer a level playing field.
'Google's extensive default positions across devices and browsers, and in particular on almost all mobile devices in the UK, act as a barrier to expansion for other search engines, making it more difficult for these providers to grow their user bases and improve their search quality and search monetisation rates.'
The 437 page report, which also covered amount paid on digital advertising by both Google and Facebook, is highly revealing. In its estimate, the UK Competition Markets Authority estimated that 'around £14 billion was spent on digital advertising in the UK in 2019, around 80% of which was spent on Google and Facebook. Photo editing software with layers. Search advertising comprised around half of these revenues, at over £7 billion, and display expenditure was over £5 billion.'
To enhance competition, the report recommends that restrictions be placed on these kinds of arrangements by a new Digital Markets Unit agency which provides customers with a choice of search engine; same way it is being done in Europe by Google.
In related story, the US Department of Justice is reportedly set to file a lawsuit against Google after completing an antitrust probe of the search giant. In 2019, the WSJreported that the US Department of Justice was planning to initiate an antitrust probe into the activities of Google as it relates to Search, which it started later that year. The lawsuit, according to Reuters, is imminent, with the Department of Justice requesting for information by the end of June from concerned companies.
'In search, Google has negotiated agreements with Apple and with many of the largest mobile phone manufacturers under which it pays a share of search advertising revenues to these partners in return for Google Search occupying the default search positions on the device. The scale of these payments is striking and demonstrates the value that Google places on these default positions. In 2019, Google paid around £1.2 billion in return for default positions in the UK alone, the substantial majority of which was paid to Apple for being the default on the Safari browser. Rival search engines to Google that we spoke to highlighted these default payments as one of the most significant factors inhibiting competition in the search market. Consumers primarily access the internet through mobile devices, which account for over two-thirds of general searches, a share which has grown substantially in recent years and is likely to continue to grow in the future.'
Adware is installed on your Mac.
1. Use the latest release of MalwareBytes for Mac to remove malware/adware.
Install guide: https://support.malwarebytes.com/docs/DOC-1817
Uninstall Guide: https://support.malwarebytes.com/docs/DOC-1190
Apple Search Engine
The installer may ask you to allow it in Security & Privacy /System Preference. Allow it.
Click the 'Scan Now' button. Once done quit Malwarebytes for Mac.
Apple Search Engine 2019 Software
Restart the computer, relaunch Safari holding the shift key down.
Apple New Search Engine
2. Additional steps to take if necessary.
1. Reset search engine: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/customize-your-search-ibrwe75c2a3c/mac
2. Reset Homepage. https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/set-your-homepage-ibrw1020/mac
3. Remove unknown extensions: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/use-safari-extensions-sfri32508/mac
Feb 6, 2019 7:05 PM
