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 “doesn’t approve of this app” and criticized the EU’s DMA for exposing Europeans to “unsavory providers corresponding to pornography, unlawful medicine,” and different content material that’s prohibited from the App Retailer.
iPhone turns 18 this yr, which suggests it’s lastly sufficiently old for some extra ~mature~ apps…
Introducing Sizzling Tub by @C1d3rDev, the world’s 1st Apple-approved porn app!
Strive it now on AltStore PAL — simply in time for the season of affection ❤️
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— AltStore.io (@altstoreio) February 3, 2025
A report from Euronews and Related Press highlighted that Apple should nonetheless certify apps for its working system, irrespective of if they’re solely accessible on third-party app shops. However, Apple clarified that this certification doesn’t indicate that any app is “endorsed.”
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 help 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 an announcement that the European Fee is permitting market operators like AltStore and Epic to distribute content material that won’t share Apple’s issues for security.
AltStore responded by stating US firm “continues to make use of security as a pretext to guard their monopoly energy” and evade compliance with the DMA.
