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iPhone, Products

9 reasons iPhone sideloading is dead on arrival

January 29, 2024

Via: BGR

Apple’s announcement late last week was the talk of the town. The iPhone is finally getting sideloading, and all that comes with that: Third-party app stores, third-party payments, support for game streaming apps, alternatives to Apple Pay, and internet browsers […]


News and Press

Microsoft Bing, Edge may be exempted from EU’s Digital Market Act: Report

January 24, 2024

Via: Computerworld

Microsoft’s search engine Bing and its web browser Edge may be exempted from the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) that will force obligations on large digital platforms, dubbed gatekeepers, from March. The exemption is due to the non-dominant nature of […]


App Review, Applications

Apple’s European App Store users face free market test

January 16, 2024

Via: Computerworld

Apple is about to open its European App Store to app sideloading from non-Apple sources — a laboratory experiment that will be sanitized and unavailable outside the EU, at least for now. Effectively, Apple’s new European customer experience will become […]


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iPhone sideloading is coming in March, EU antitrust chief hints

January 12, 2024

Via: BGR

We’ve been talking about iPhone sideloading for quite a while now. That’s because one large jurisdiction will force Apple to allow iPhone users to install apps from any source they choose. The change will bring third-party app stores, third-party payment […]


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EU could force third-party app stores on Apple after USB-C iPhone mandate

November 1, 2022

Via: 9to5Mac

After the EU passed the Digital Markets Act this past summer, the new legislation has officially gone into effect at the start of November. While we’ve previously heard of the potential consequences, an EU official has reiterated that we could […]


News and Press

EU doubles down on new law that could force Apple to allow side-loading and more

March 25, 2022

Via: 9to5Mac

New EU legislation may force Apple to allow users to install apps from outside its App Store. Additionally, Apple would have to allow developers to use the App Store without using Apple’s payment systems. As covered in an article by […]