š Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone - The Verge
The big news is that third-party app stores will be allowed on iOS for the first time, breaking the Apple App Storeās position as the sole distributor of iPhone apps. The changes will arrive with iOS 17.4 in March.
Hereās how the new āalternative app marketplaces,ā as Apple called them, will work. Users in the EU and on iOS 17.4 will be able to download a marketplace from that marketplaceās website. In order to be used on an iPhone, those marketplaces have to go through Appleās approval process, and once you download one, you have to explicitly give it permission to download apps to your device. But once the marketplace is approved and on your device, you can download anything you want ā including apps that violate App Store guidelines. You can even set a non-App Store marketplace as the default on your device.
More places to choose from is always good. Thanks, EU.
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