Apple Blocks iTorrent App from EU Alternative App Marketplace

16 fuomag9 3 8/27/2025, 6:28:48 PM macrumors.com ↗

Comments (3)

MaxikCZ · 43m ago
> Apple had revoked its alternative distribution rights

I thought the whole point of alternative app marketplace is to keep apple away from deciding what can go on there?

nerdsniper · 9m ago
Nope. The point was to create competition for the "30%" revenue cut that Apple takes. Now app developers are free to use marketplaces which take a smaller fee, in exchange for perhaps less discoverability / market penetration.

Every app on alternative app stores still[0] has to be "notarized" by Apple and thus are still subject to a subset of Apple's App Review Guidelines[1]

0: https://altstore.io/app-guidelines.html

1: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#int...

HelloUsername · 43m ago