This week noticed the launch of the world’s first “Apple-approved porn app,” now accessible on the AltStore PAL, a third-party app retailer in Europe, due to the Digital Markets Act.
Cupertino rejected that description, stating that the corporate “does not approve of this app” and criticized the EU’s DMA for exposing Europeans to “unsavory services such as pornography, illegal drugs,” and different content material that’s prohibited from the App Retailer.
— AltStore.io (@altstoreio) February 3, 2025
The European Union compelled the corporate to develop its providers to extend competitors, enabling customers to obtain third-party app shops. One such retailer, AltStore, receives assist from Epic, a gaming firm that has spent years contesting Apple’s app distribution practices.
AltStore PAL third-party iOS app retailer
Apple identified in a press release that the European Fee is permitting market operators like AltStore and Epic to distribute content material that will not share Apple’s issues for security.
AltStore responded by stating US firm “continues to use safety as a pretext to protect their monopoly power” and evade compliance with the DMA.
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