Publishers have long fumed that platforms such as Google and Amazon tie their services and products together in ways that are anti-competitive. And thanks to a pair of changes being rolled out to Apple's operating systems, publishers are now lumping the device maker into that group as well. The most recent versions of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS, and MacOS Big Sur force Apple News+ customers to use the service more and under those changes, Apple News+ subscribers who are browsing the web using Safari will be redirected into the Apple News+ app, rather than the participating Apple New+ publisher’s website. Read more below.

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