Barclays Sees Apple Vulnerable to TAC Pressure From Google

Barclays Sees Apple Vulnerable to TAC Pressure From Google
The apple logo is projected on a screen before the start of a product launch event at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., on Sept. 10, 2019. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
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Barclays analyst Tim Long says he noticed what he believes may be the first step in changing Apple Inc.’s “lucrative, high margin ‘advertising’ revenues,” specifically the traffic acquisition costs.

A new pop-up for the Alphabet Inc. Google Search app on the iPhone “could signal a slight change to the current relationship,” Long tells investors in a research note.