Setapp Mobile 3rd-party app store for iPhone fails, blames Apple

EU antitrust legislation forced Apple to allow third-party app stores for iPhone within the bloc, with MacPaw’s Setapp Mobile ...

MacPaw Pulls Plug on Setapp Mobile iOS Store, Citing 'Still-Evolving and Complex Business Terms' for Alternative EU Marketplaces

Ukraine-based developer MacPaw is set to close Setapp Mobile, its alternative app store for iOS devices in the European Union ...
Forbes

Apple’s First Notarized Porn App Stirs Privacy Woes, Third-Party Risks

Apple has long maintained strict control over the App Store, ensuring that only applications meeting its security, privacy and content guidelines can be distributed to iPhone users. However, with the ...
Benzinga.com

Apple Opens iOS 26 Lock Screen Animation To Spotify And Other Third-Party Music Apps: Report

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is reportedly extending one of iOS 26's new features—animated album art on the lock screen—to third-party music and audio apps, breaking its exclusive tie to Apple Music. What ...
Shacknews

Apple files to appeal ruling that it must allow 3rd-party payment methods on iOS

Earlier this year, Apple faced a defeat in court when a US Judge determined that representatives of the company had lied under oath in regards to an injunction on implementing fees on third-party ...
9to5Mac

Japan to become 29th country to get third-party iPhone app stores

Apple’s monopoly on the sale of iPhone apps is set to be further eroded according to a new tweet showing third-party app stores in the iOS 26.2 beta in Japan. This follows a ruling by Japan’s Fair ...
Cult of Mac

iOS 26.3 will give third-party earbuds a taste of Apple’s pairing magic

Thank the EU's DMA for this change. AI Image: Google Gemini Apple is opening up its walled garden further with iOS 26.3. As part of the update, it will allow third-party Bluetooth earbuds to pair with ...