Apple has called a pornography app available for iPhones in the European Union a danger to children, saying landmark digital rules there allowed it to get on to its handsets via an alternative to its App Store.
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Apple had long fiercely protected the App Store as the lone gateway for digital content to get onto its popular mobile devices.
But the company loosened its grip in Europe last year, after the EU said the terms prevented app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative ways to pay, and began allowing users to use other stores to purchase apps.
The App Store does not allow porn – but the Hot Tub app is offered on AltStore PAL, one such alternative marketplace.
AltStore billed Hot Tub as “the first Apple-approved porn app” in a post on Monday on social platform X.
The app made it through an Apple review process for security and functionality.