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Apple makes app-tracking concessions in German antitrust probe

By Lewis Crofts ( December 2, 2025, 11:47 GMT | Insight) -- Apple has offered to change the way it prompts users to consent to data-gathering by app developers, in a move the German competition authority said may address its antitrust concerns. Apple will offer "neutral" prompts to users of its own apps and those of rival developers, "simplifying the currently complex choice architecture." But the regulator was critical of Apple not offering concessions related to measuring the success of adverts.Apple has offered to change the way it prompts users to consent to data-gathering by app developers, in a move the German competition authority said may address its antitrust concerns....

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