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As Uncle Sam continues to clamp down on Big Tech, Apple pelted with more and more complaints from third-party App Store devs
El Reg lends our ear to companies and developers struggling to survive in Apple s cruel, cruel App Store world
Katyanna Quach Thu 31 Dec 2020 // 16:00 UTC Share
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Special Report Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook, currently dealing with antitrust investigations from governments and fending off lawsuits from their disgruntled customers, appear to be finally facing their moment of truth: Has Big Tech gotten too big?
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) sued Google in October, accusing it of “unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices” for its online search and advertising businesses. Now all eyes are turning to Uncle Sam’s potential next target: Apple.
Apple Responds to Facebook s Anti-Tracking Criticism, Says Users Deserve Control and Transparency
Wednesday December 16, 2020 3:42 pm PST by Joe Rossignol
In a statement provided to MacRumors, Apple said we believe that this is a simple matter of standing up for our users, adding that users should know when their data is being collected and shared across other apps and websites and they should have the choice to allow that or not. The options to allow or deny the tracking will be presented in the form of a prompt that appears as necessary when users open apps.
Apple s full statement:
We believe that this is a simple matter of standing up for our users. Users should know when their data is being collected and shared across other apps and websites and they should have the choice to allow that or not. App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 does not require Facebook to change its approach to tracking users and creating targeted advertising, it simply requires they give users a c