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Apple Launches Search Ads in China App Store After Five-Year Delay

By Wayne Ma
· · Source: The Information

Apple is finally allowing developers to place search ads inside the China App Store, according to AppInChina, a leading publisher of international software in China and a document Apple made for advertisers that was publicly accessible but posted behind Apple’s search ads portal . Previously, search ads weren’t allowed in the China App Store likely because of regulatory restrictions....

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