Facing domestic restrictions, will Chinese tech companies look West? In late August, the top legislative body in the People's Republic of China voted to adopt a national privacy directive… September 13, 2021
Does ATT wreck the prospect of alternative app stores? One nearly-universal complaint about the iOS App Store: as a landing page, it's barely customizable, and it lacks the opportunities… September 9, 2021
Unpacking Apple’s recent App Store policy changes Apple's policies related to in-app monetization -- the 30% platform fee it applies to in-app purchases, the forced use of… September 6, 2021
The digital advertising fear complex One common premise put forth by critics of digital advertising is that it simply doesn't work. This argument is usually… August 30, 2021
Apple robbed the mob’s bank, part 2 Yesterday, Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani issued an outperform rating for Apple's stock, claiming that its advertising business is poised… August 26, 2021
Google’s approach to privacy is ATT-lite Back in June, Google announced that its "Opt Out of Ads Personalization" setting on Android would begin to restrict developer… August 23, 2021
Dear FTC, repeat after me: ad platforms don’t set prices The FTC today re-filed its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, with its previous lawsuit thrown out in June after a federal… August 19, 2021
Is app store regulation too little, too late? Last week, a bipartisan bill titled the Open App Markets Act was introduced in the Senate that would introduce new… August 16, 2021
Facebook’s privacy calculus Yesterday, Facebook published a blog post detailing the work it is doing to transition its advertising infrastructure away from "individual… August 12, 2021
The vanishing marketing data lake Two weeks ago, Facebook communicated to advertisers via email that it would end its Advanced Mobile Measurement (AMM) program, which… August 9, 2021