Thu. 09/02 – Now Apple Will Let Apps Acknowledge The Web Exists

Apple will let “reader” apps link to websites to manage accounts. WhatsApp faces a record GDPR fine. Twitter continues to at least test all the products. And has YouTube Music quietly become a major threat to Spotify and Apple Music?

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Links:

• Apple will allow some media apps to link outside the App Store for payments (Engadget)
• Apple concedes to let apps like Netflix, Spotify, and Kindle link to the web to sign up (The Verge)
• Facebook’s WhatsApp Fined Around $270 Million for EU Privacy Violations (WSJ)
• U.S. DOJ Readying Google Antitrust Lawsuit Over Ad-Tech Business (Bloomberg)
• US asks Tesla how Autopilot responds to emergency vehicles (AP)
• Twitter launches Super Follows on iOS (The Verge)
• Twitter is testing a new anti-abuse feature called ‘Safety Mode’ (TechCrunch)
• Twitter Plans New Privacy Tools to Get More People Tweeting (Bloomberg)
• YouTube music services hit 50m subscribers in race to catch Spotify (Financial Times)

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