Earlier today, the third-party App Store Alttore Pal, That a porn app called a hot tub is now available to iOS users in the European Union. The market, which allows people in the EU to be sideload apps outside Apple's App Store, described it as the “first Apple-approved porn app.”
Now, Apple says “deeply concerned” about the hot tub, which as Techcrunch is the first time a porn app is available native for iPhone. “We are very concerned about the safety risks created by hardcore porn apps of this type for EU users, especially children,” an Apple spokesman said in a statement. “This app and others like this will distract the consumer's trust and confidence in our ecosystem that we have worked for more than a decade to do the best in the world. Contrary to the false statements made by the market developer, certainly We will not approve this app and will never offer it to our app store.
As Apple directed, its notarization guidelines The makers of that app should not “suggest or indicate that Apple is a resource or app supplier, or that Apple has endorsed any specific representation about quality or operation.” Alttore's statements seem to oppose that guidance.
But in a statement to Engadget, altore creator Riley Testut denied to make “any false statement.” The Hot Tub, he says, “was submitted to Apple's own notarization process where it was approved by Apple employees for distribution with alternative app markets like Alttore Pal.” He said the approval that the altore refers to its marketing. Digital markets are acting.
Apple has made a little secret of its failure to DMA, which requires it to allow In Europe. “The fact is that the European Commission is asking us to allow it to be distributed by market operators such as Alttore and Epic that may not share our concerns for user safety,” the company said in its statement about the Hot Tub on Monday .
In addition to Alttore, Fortnite makes and long ago Epic, recently announced plans to carry In its Epic Games app in the EU. Although Alttore PAL and Epic are not officially affiliated, Epic has given the alternative app store an “megagrant” To help the “Core Technology Fees” funds that third-party app stores are required to pay Apple.
This article originally appeared on the Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-is-reeply-cucnerned-about-alttores-porn-PNTMSS
