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Apple's secret blocklist for ad tech platforms dominates off-the-record conversation at Advertising Week New York

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Apple's newly announced blocklist for ad tech vendors became the unofficial headline topic at Advertising Week New York, discussed off-the-record by ad industry insiders.

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Digiday reports that Apple's reintroduction of enforcement against certain ad tech platforms dominated unofficial conversation at Advertising Week New York, with the announcement arriving too late for formal programming but dominating hallway and bar discussions throughout the conference. The developments—described as a naughty and nice list for ad tech—left many advertising executives grappling with the implications, though most discussions remained off the record.

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