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Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces, web browser engines in the EU with iOS 17.4 (www.macstories.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces, web browser engines in the EU with iOS 17.4

Updated the link to a better source that gives a more detailed overview.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So Apple still wants to have the power to reject apps from third party app stores.

Curious if that will pass the EUs "Gatekeeper Law", when they explicitly want to stay the gatekeeper, even if unpaid.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think this is probably partially a way of indemnifying themselves against any potential problems that users have will malware. There are two outcomes:

Apple retains gatekeeper prerogative - keeps an eye on any software too problematic
Brussels says 'No', and Apple can subsequently say 'well we wanted to prevent malware but the EU told us we can't so sorry your phone was compromised, but you are on your own'.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It's just a signing process to verify that it comes from the actual dev from what it sounds like