There's Still No Sign of Privacy Labels for Most Google iOS Apps

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This article seems like a case of jumping to conclusions. While Google somehow taking some time to figure out what to write is certainly an explanation, it is not the only one.

Given the classic App Store experience of opaque waiting, I would wager Apple is holding Google’s updates. Why is anybody’s guess - a disagreement on the privacy aspect is definitely a probable explanation. I wouldn’t necessarily blame Google straight up though. Apple has an financial incentive to make Google look bad that I just can’t trust.

Google themselves said on Jan 12, 2021 that they'd provide them [0]:

> As Google’s iOS apps are updated with new features or to fix bugs, you’ll see updates to our app page listings that include the new App Privacy Details

That was over 5 weeks after Apple started requiring them. And they had plenty of warning before Dec 8, 2020. To me, it seems fairly reasonable to put a large part of the blame on Google, since they seemed to have delayed it on purpose for quite a while.

[0] https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/our-work-keep...

Updating privacy details don't require an app update. You set your details and immediately publish them on the console — there's no means by which Apple can "hold" their updates.

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