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Apple Will Allow Users To Delete Its Most Valuable App, The App Store


Apple will allow iPhone and iPad owners to delete one of its most prized and valuable properties, the iOS App Store, by the end of this year.

The change will make Apple compliant with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act and create more competition in the mobile ecosystem, and it will only be possible inside the EU. A third-party app store reduces Apple’s hold on customers, revenue, and their entire phone or tablet experience, as well as opening up new privacy and security concerns. “In future software updates, users will get new default settings for dialing phone numbers, sending messages, translating text, navigation, managing passwords, keyboards, and call spam filters,” Apple says.

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