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For Apple and everyone else, worlds of antitrust and privacy are converging, lawyers say

By Mike Swift ( April 7, 2022, 22:29 GMT | Insight) -- Apple’s successful deployment of privacy and security as procompetitive defenses in its antitrust trial against Epic Games last year, specifically Apple’s requirement that iOS devices can only run apps downloaded from the App Store, was a US judicial first, a group of lawyers said at an antitrust event today. But it is unlikely to be the last milestone in the continuing convergence of antitrust and data protection issues, in the US and elsewhere, they said.When Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks to the International Association of Privacy Professionals next week, it’s a good bet he’ll mention something widely viewed as an antitrust issue: “Sideloading,” the term Apple uses for regulatory mandates to allow apps downloaded from sources other than its App Store on its iOS devices....

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