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The Apple Bites Back
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The article discusses Apple's latest iOS 27 update, which removes ad serving issues for The Trade Desk but introduces a new domain block list that could significantly impact programmatic analytics on Apple devices. This move highlights Apple's growing influence in the ad tech industry and its reluctance to self-regulate, potentially expanding its blocking capabilities beyond a few scaled vendors to the entire ecosystem.
What AdExchanger reported
- Apple removed The Trade Desk's ad serving problem from a new beta version of iOS 27
- WebKit's new domain block list could expand blocking from a few scaled vendors to the entire ad tech ecosystem
- Apple's block list hits different than the AppTrackingTransparency framework, effectively blocking companies from conducting parts of their business entirely