Apple's iOS sideloading door opens: developers can now create third-party app stores

Quick Technology News on February 10, according to media reports, EU developers can submit their app stores through App Store Connect. In accordance with the EU's Digital Markets Act, Apple allows users to download apps from third-party app stores. To this end, Apple has opened a "green channel" for EU developers, provided online consulting services and laboratories, and opened 600 new API interfaces for developers to use. Not only that, apps created by EU developers are free to choose payment service providers and do not necessarily have to choose Apple Pay. It is understood that the official version of iOS 17.4 will be launched in March, when sideloading will be fully open to EU users. It is worth noting that Apple still does not want to open sideloading. Apple CEO Cook bluntly stated that if you want to sideload apps, you can buy an Android phone. Apple believes that loosening restrictions on app downloads will bring security and privacy risks to users.

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