San Francisco, United States:
Apple on Monday called a pornography app available for iPhones in the European Union a threat to children, stating that Landmark Digital Rules allowed it to go to their handset through the option of their app store.
Apple had long protected the app store as a loan gateway for digital materials to reach its popular mobile devices for a long time.
But the company loosened its grip in Europe last year, the European Union said the conditions stopped the app developers in an alternative manner to pay free from steering consumers, and use other stores to buy the app to users to buy the app. Gave the permission to.
The app does not allow stores porn – but the hot tub app is offered on the ultatorial sail, which is an alternative market.
Altstore on Monday billed the hot tub as “The First Apple-approved porn app” in a post on Social Platform X.
The app created it through an Apple review process for safety and functionality.
When asked about the app by AFP, Apple said, “We are deeply concerned about security risks that make this type of hardcore porn apps to users of the European Union, especially for children.”
“Unlike the false statements made by the marketplace developer, we certainly do not approve this app and will never introduce it to our app store.”
Apple became the first technical firm to face allegations of violation of a new European Union law known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) last year.
This promised changes to comply with DMA – which involves allowing developers in the European Union to use alternative app marketplace.
‘All’ apps are welcome
Altstore Pal launched an app in the European Union earlier last year as a store option, according to a blog post by its manufacturer, relay testot.
“All apps are welcome, but I believe Altstore makes the most understandable for small, indie apps that otherwise the app can not be present due to stores,” Testut said in the blog post.
“We feel that iOS can greatly benefit the developers as a whole by giving a chance to fully detect their ideas without arbitrary sanctions.”
Altstore Pal initially subscribed to users of $ 1.55 (1.50 Euro) to cover the fees charged by Apple, but got access free in August, when it received a grant from epic games, he Said in a post on X.
Epic Games, the producer of the popular Fortnite Game, has struggled with Apple in court to break its grip on the app store.
The Executive and European Commission did not immediately answer questions from AFP.
Apple said about the hot tub, “The truth is that we are required to allow us to distribute the European Commission to distribute by marketplace operators such as Altstore and Epic, which users cannot share our concerns for safety.”
Apple said it shared concerns about the app with the European Commission in December.
Apple has long argued that the “sideloading” of the apps on iPhones or iPads allows the app store from other places from other places to the app stores with them a risk of misleading, dangerous and suspected digital content.
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