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cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/36842738

Apple was hit with a $115 million fine Monday after Italy’s competition authority alleged the tech giant was abusing its dominant position to harm third-party developers in its App Store.

In a press release, the Italian Competition Authority said that an “App Tracking Transparency” (ATT) privacy policy that Apple introduced in 2021 forced third-party developers to seek consent twice for the same data collection.

Requiring such “double consent” was “extremely burdensome” and “harmful” to some developers—especially the smallest developers, the regulator said. Many developers struggled to earn ad revenue after the policy was introduced, as users increasingly declined to opt into personalized ads.

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

They were hit with a fine for not making it easier for advertisers to track users. So “burdensome”!

[-] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fucked up world that restricting data collection is ruled as harmful.

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