EU developers can forgo the App Store entirely and distribute their apps directly to iPhone users from their own websites, Apple said Tuesday. This is a significant reversal from Apple’s original ...

The European Union (EU) used the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) to force Apple to allow third-party App Store alternatives on the iPhone. The DMA also brings third-party payments and sideloading to the ...

Installing a third-party app store is now possible for iPhone owners in the EU – but it’s not exactly a quick-and-easy process. It seems a safe bet that this is a deliberate move on Apple’s part to ...

It's impossible to imagine modern life without smartphone apps, but there's an alternate universe where they never took off. When the idea of an app store for the iPhone was first proposed to him, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Currently, the new version of AltStore is deep in Apple’s approval process and will be ready to go live once it ...