- Apple allows iPhone users in the EU to install alternate app stores.
- AltStore PAL is serving up the first porn app that has passed official Apple Notarization, Hot Tub.
- Hot Tub offers free adult videos from sources like Pornhub, XHamster, and Xvideos.
There is a new day dawning right now for iPhone users — at least, those operating in the European Union. Last year, Apple finally responded to its obligations under the Digital Markets Act by allowing iPhone owners in Europe to install alternate app stores on their devices without needing to jailbreak. It wasn’t long after that historic step that we saw the first app store to take advantage of this access emerge, with AltStore PAL rising to new heights of legitimacy. Now it’s time for third-party iOS app stores to cross another critical threshold: the first Apple-reviewed porn app.
When Apple agreed to support alternate app stores, it shared a process called Notarization, wherein the company would review apps for security and privacy concerns, but wouldn’t subject them to the same sort of content oversight as it does with the company’s own App Store. Now AltStore announces on Mastodon that an app called Hot Tub has passed Notarization approval as the first iPhone app for finding and viewing adult content (via TechCrunch).