Apple’s Move to Third-Party App Stores: How Developers Can Prepare

As Bloomberg first reported late last year, Apple is currently working to open its iOS to third-party app stores sometime in 2024, if not sooner. The move is one Apple is making reluctantly as it responds to new regulations in the European Union designed to increase competition, such as the Digital Markets Act.

Apple has long resisted calls to allow third-party stores and app sideloading because of potential security and privacy risks for its customers. Indeed, one condition Apple will …

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