Sideloading and using different app stores for iPhone becomes possible

About a year has passed since Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple, and during this time, although Apple has changed the policies of the app Store very slightly, but It still receives a 30% commission from many active developers in the app Store. But now, according to a new report, it seems that Apple's honeymoon is about to end after many years, and in 2024, in order to comply with the new rules of the European Union, Apple must enable the use of different app stores for iPhone users.

This means that if different app stores are offered, developers can provide different apps and games to iPhone users without having to pay a 30% fee to Apple. According to this law, Apple should also enable sideloading of apps, in simple terms, by using this feature, users can download and install the installation files of apps and games directly without the need of any app store.

The European Union is very serious about accepting this new law and has announced that the companies in question have until March 16, 1402 to implement it. The discussion of the high figure of Apple's fees has met with the strong protest of Elon Musk, and that is why iOS users have to pay $11 per month to receive a blue tick, while this figure reaches $8 per month for Android users.

The Bloomberg report states that the process of changes in Apple to accept this law has begun. It is not yet clear when exactly this feature will be offered to iPhone users, but it is likely that iOS 17 will receive this feature. Over the past years, Apple executives have repeatedly explained the security risks of sideloading apps, but if they are forced to provide such a feature, they will probably have to specify new methods for checking apps. It is not yet clear what the steps are in this process, but apparently Apple wants to make money from this process.

Although these changes will be offered to European users first, other users will probably benefit from these features. Will benefit. In addition to this issue, we must mention the mandatory use of the USB-C port for iPhones, which according to the European Union rules, all new iPhones must be launched with this feature next year.

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Source: xda-developers