Apple ordered to stop scaring iPhone and iPad users away from third-party apps

Apple's changing its rules for information postulation consent prompts aft Germany's Federal Cartel Office accused Apple of giving the prompts a plan that favored its ain apps. Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompts reportedly cost societal media apps astir $10 billion erstwhile they launched with iOS 14.5, making cross-app tracking of users mostly opt in. But arsenic a designated "gatekeeper" nether the EU's DMA rules, it is facing further scrutiny implicit whether the programme provides a level playing field.

The regulator says the prompts steer users distant from agreeing to fto third-party apps usage their data, portion encouraging them to springiness consent for …

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