Gawk at the boatloads of cash Google is throwing at Apple to maintain its search monopoly
(Android Police)

According to a recent report by the UK Competition and Markets Authority, Google paid £1.2 billion (or around $1.5 billion) across 2019 to secure its place as the default search engine in devices across the market, the `substantial majority of which` was paid to Apple. That`s a huge sum, and rival search engines claim it makes competition impossible — they simply can`t afford to be in contention with numbers that high. The full report is a monumental 437 pages long, covering quite a lot of details, and while it does touch on other tech giants like Facebook, the bulk of the report takes aim at Google. Read MoreGawk at the boatloads of cash Google is throwing at Apple to maintain its search monopoly was written by the awesome team at Android Police.