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Apple is ‘deeply concerned’ about AltStore’s porn app

Apple says it's "deeply concerned" after a porn app called Hot Tub launched in the third-party AltStore.

“We are deeply concerned about the safety risks that hardcore porn apps of this type create for EU users, especially kids,” an Apple spokesperson said in a statement. “The DMA also does not require that Apple approves apps for distribution, they have chosen to do so themselves,” he added, referring to the EU's Digital Markets Act. “The truth is that we are required by the European Commission to allow it to be distributed by marketplace operators like AltStore and Epic who may not share our concerns for user safety,” the company said in its statement about Hot Tub on Monday.

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