{
  "id": 1506733,
  "title": "Apple ordered to stop scaring iPhone and iPad users away from third-party apps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/apple-ordered-to-stop-scaring-iphone-and-ipad-users-away-from-third",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T15:10:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/980977/apple-app-tracking-transparency-settlement-germany"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple's changing its rules for data collection consent prompts after Germany's Federal Cartel Office accused Apple of giving the prompts a design that favored its own apps. Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompts reportedly cost social media apps nearly $10 billion when they launched with iOS 14.5, making cross-app tracking of users largely opt in. But […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "Save $100 to $150 on Apple's M4 iPad Air after Amazon issues steeper markdowns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/save-100-to-150-on-apples-m4-ipad-air-after-amazon-issues-steeper",
        "published": "2026-08-17T15:36:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}