alt Hacker NewsIt really depends if apple is making it hard to collect data that apple itself can collect with blanket permissions from users.
In that case yes, apple is abusing its dominant position and is competing unfairly with other companies. And they must be fined for that.
Apple does advertising too: https://ads.apple.com
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nicole_express • yesterday at 2:46 PM
Nothing about unfair competition is mentioned in the press release, so I can only assume this wasn't a significant factor in the competition authority's decision. Unfortunately, I can't read Italian, so I'm not sure if this is brought up in the 199-page full text of the order.
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concinds • yesterday at 3:19 PM
I wonder where this narrative came from. It's simply not true. Third-party apps with ATT denied have the same data access as Apple does.
Apple is allowed to share data among its apps. Third-party app developers are allowed to share data within their apps. If third-party developers want to share data with _other_ third-party developers (aka the advertising ID), then they need the explicitly request permission. It is fairly straightforward.