The antitrust probe is not strictly regarding the privacy changes themselves, but that Apple did not subject themselves to the same new policy and opt-in UI. They've preferenced their own services and built a multi-billion dollar ad network using data that's dark pattern opted-in for themselves and dark pattern opted-out for third-parties.<p>In isolation, this may seem like a standard competitive advantage for a platform, but Apple has drawn attention to their own power by wiping out nearly a trillion dollars of public market cap from other tech and ecommerce companies with the change.<p>Not coincidentally, Apple quietly announced that they are relaxing some of their privacy restrictions during WWDC last week.