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Apple responds after being forced to approve porn app on EU iPhones due to DMA [U] - 9to5Mac


Both Apple and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney have provided responses below… Apple has been legally required to approve a...

As of today, however, EU iPhone users can access Hot Tub, an app for browsing pornography, as easily as downloading Epic’s Fortnite or Delta, the popular Nintendo game emulator. Prior to today, AltStore PAL has largely been viewed as a generally harmless avenue for developers to distribute software for the iPhone without being required to agree to Apple’s revenue split policies. There is a nuanced argument that could be made where Apple’s business practices created the conditions that allowed the company to have to legally approve a porn app on iPhone for EU customers without strict parental controls.

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