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If Google did this independently of anything else, it would be viewed as anticompetitive / abuse of a monopoly position.

With Apple doing it first and them simply going along with where the mobile operating system ecosystem has moved, it won’t be.

They’ve already taken similar stems with Chrome too.

They key thing to remember is that the platform creator doesn’t play by the same rules as other participants. Chrome blocks particular kinds of tracking for third parties, while still enabling Google to track its users.

What reason is there to believe that Google will not continue to track users on Android after making it harder for others to do so, just like it has with Chrome, now that Apple has given them the perfect excuse?