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Today, we’ve got a joint issue looking at why Apple’s latest iOS update could cause download numbers to go down and featuring a talk about brand safety with Spotify’s director of global advertising platform integrity.
Apple tweaked automatic podcast downloads in its latest iOS update. That could impact download numbers moving forward.
When Apple released iOS 17 in September, it…
