The third-party app store known as AltStore, one of the first companies to offer an alternative app marketplace in the European Union, is preparing to connect its platform with the open social web ...

People in the European Union are now allowed to access alternative app stores thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a regulation designed to foster increased competition in the app ecosystem. Like ...

Alternative app store Skich has become available on Android following its launch on iOS in the European Union earlier this year. The Android version of the store is currently onboarding developers, ...

Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) that goes into effect on December 18. The MSCA is similar to ...

Apple on Tuesday released the first beta of iOS 26.2 to developers, and it appears that the software will allow users in Japan to install alternative app marketplaces on their devices when it is ...

Apple has added a new setting on iOS 26.5 that lets Brazilian users select their preferred app marketplace other than the App Store.

Apple Inc. and Google LLC announced sweeping changes to their app distribution and payment rules in Japan on Dec. 18 to match ...

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After the EU and Japan, as well as parts of South Korea and the US, Apple must also open up the iPhone in Brazil. Developers are only semi-enthusiastic. Apple is opening up its app landscape on the ...

Alternative app store Aptoide has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that it maintains an "anticompetitive chokehold" over third-party app stores. As Reuters reports, the lawsuit was ...