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Apple announces support for third-party iPhone app stores in the EU, coming with iOS 17.4


The first beta of iOS 17.4 is coming today, and it makes big changes to the iPhone, the App Store,...

The first beta of iOS 17.4 is coming today, and it makes big changes to the iPhone, the App Store, and more in the European Union. Through this process, apps will receive an installation key, go through a series of automated checks, and go through what Apple describes as a baseline human review. Privacy — Apps cannot collect or transmit private, sensitive data without a user’s knowledge or in a manner contrary to the stated purpose of the software.

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