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amp-api.podcasts.apple.com

classified as first-party · 2

This page aggregates measured, corroborated evidence: donors' iPhones recorded apps contacting this domain, every claim below was reported by separate accepted donations and published under a human verdict (later rows for an approved app inherit its verdict). A contact is a measurement, not an accusation — it does not show what data was sent.

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Anthropic Claude — first-party

amp-api.podcasts.apple.com is an Apple-operated API endpoint under apple.com serving the Apple Podcasts app itself, so it is a first-party service contact rather than a third-party tracker, analytics, or ad endpoint. The provided label fields are empty rather than affirmatively stating no data flows, so there is not enough here to conclude the contact is undisclosed.

OpenAI — first-party

The domain is under apple.com and appears to be an Apple Podcasts API endpoint, consistent with first-party service functionality. No evidence provided establishes a data flow beyond the app's label.

Google Gemini — first-party

The domain amp-api.podcasts.apple.com is owned by Apple, making it a first-party endpoint for the Apple Podcasts app. Standard functional requests to first-party APIs do not constitute undisclosed tracking or third-party data sharing.

Apps measured contacting this domain

AppLabel gapDonationsContactsSeen
com.apple.podcasts442026-07-28 → 2026-07-29

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