Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone

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Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone
admin 2024/01/26 15:53

iPhone users — but only those in the EU — will be able to download apps from third-party app stores as a result of the bloc’s new Digital Markets Act in March.
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The iPhone’s app ecosystem is about to go through its biggest shake-up since the App Store launched in 2008. Today, Apple announced how it plans to change the rules for developers releasing iOS software in the European Union in response to the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) coming into force in March. The big news is that third-party app stores will be allowed on iOS for the first time, breaking the Apple App Store’s position as the sole distributor of iPhone apps. The changes will arrive with iOS 17.4 in March.

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