Apple ordered to stop scaring iPhone and iPad users away from third-party apps
2 sources·Updated August 18, 2026
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- ET Tech·2h agoApple to change app data consent rules, German regulator says
The Federal Cartel Office, or FCO, found that Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework gave its own apps more favourable consent prompts than those of third-party developers, potentially breaching competition rules.
Read at ET Tech → - The Verge·14h agoApple ordered to stop scaring iPhone and iPad users away from third-party apps
Apple's changing its rules for data collection consent prompts after Germany's Federal Cartel Office accused Apple of giving the prompts a design that favored its own apps. Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompts reportedly cost social media apps nearly $10 billion when they…
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