Apple is implementing the opening of its iOS platform and its App Store in Japan. However, Epic boss Tim Sweeney isn't ...

Similar to the EU, developers in Japan will soon be able to distribute apps on alternative app stores; AltStore PAL anticipates launching in Japan before the end of the year. Apple will receive a five ...

From alternative app marketplaces to a new "Side Button" API for ChatGPT, Apple’s Japan rollout is here. Discover why the ...

A few hours after Apple flipped the switch on its new rules for Japan, AltStore confirmed on Mastodon that its AltStore PAL ...

Just a day after Apple announced alternative app marketplace support for iOS users in Japan, AltStore PAL has launched in the ...

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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 ...

Riley Testu, developer of AltStore PAL, shared the latest information on the evolution of AltStore PAL on his blog on October 7, 2025 local time. Testu said, 'We plan to roll out AltStore PAL to more ...

The story so far: On February 3, app platform AltStore introduced a new app as “the world’s 1st Apple-approved porn app.” The new pornography app and the way it was cheekily advertised has reignited a ...

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 raised concerns about the "safety risk" associated with Hot Tub, the first iPhone porn app, which the tech company was obligated to release by the European Commission, the main executive body of ...

The app Hot Tub is now available thanks to EU rules (Picture: AltStore PAL/Hot Tub) A pornography app is now available to all iPhones in the EU after a rule change. AltStore PAL, which is an ...