Apple2026-09-03 13:13:01Apple Faces $2.7 Billion Class Action in London Over ATT Double StandardsApple is facing a collective lawsuit in London over its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature, with damages sought of £2 billion (approximately $2.7 billion). The suit, filed by former UK Competition and Markets Authority senior official Ann Pope on behalf of app developers, alleges that Apple imposes stricter tracking restrictions on third-party developers while granting its own advertising ecosystem an unfair advantage. This is the first large-scale private antitrust action in the UK targeting Apple's app tracking rules.880
ByteDance2026-08-02 12:12:54ByteDance apps take 40.1% of mobile internet usage time, topping Tencent groupMonitoring service Dongcha Beating said Nomura Securities, in its report "China Internet and New Media: June 2026 App Tracking," cited QuestMobile data showing that ByteDance-affiliated apps accounted for 40.1% of user time among the Top 50 apps, which cover about 93% of total mobile internet usage time. The share marked the first time ByteDance crossed the 40% threshold. In the same data set, Tencent-affiliated apps fell to 29.7%. The figures were cited from QuestMobile and referenced by Nomura in its latest app-tracking report.2750
