AltStore, one of the first and most popular third-party app stores, has just announced a Series A funding round, a new board member, and plans to expand its platform to at least three new countries.

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The third-party app store known as AltStore, one of the first companies to offer an alternative app marketplace in the European Union, is preparing to connect its platform with the open social web ...

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AltStore PAL, one of the first alternative app store available for iPhones in the EU after last years major DMA changes, has announced the release of AltStore Classic for AltStore PAL users – allowing ...

Apple has been consistent in not allowing pornography into the App Store. But changes in the EU have allowed independent app stores to launch. So, the arrival of the first porn app in the AltStore PAL ...

Apple has long maintained strict control over the App Store, ensuring that only applications meeting its security, privacy and content guidelines can be distributed to iPhone users. However, with the ...

Earlier today, third-party app store AltStore PAL, announced that a porn app called Hot Tub was now available to iOS users in the European Union. The marketplace, which enables people in the EU to ...

The first native porn app for iPhone called "Hot Tub" may have passed notarization checks, but Apple wants everyone to know it certainly doesn't "approve" of such dangerous things on its devices. When ...

Update: Added statement from Apple below. The first Apple-notarized porn app, "Hot Tub," is now available to iPhone users in Europe through the alternative app marketplace, AltStore PAL. Apple does ...

On today’s news digest: Google Expands AI Overviews to More Regions; Paramount to Cut 15% of Workforce; AltStore Launches on iOS for EU Users As most will likely have seen, the AI Overview feature has ...

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 ...