Apple App Store to Undergo Significant Modifications in Accordance with EU Regulations
The App Store in Europe has to follow different rules, which is why Apple has decided that it needs a major overhaul of its strategy in the region, which is different in other markets. Apple plans to bring app sideloading to iPhone users in the European Union (EU), but the new changes don’t apply to iOS devices, they’re in other countries.
Tat is right, Apple apparently has two versions of the App Store, one for the EU region and one for all non-EU markets. The new details suggest that Apple doesn’t feel the need to enforce the new sideloading policy on iPhones in all countries, especially those where these rules don’t apply. Sideloading has been a big problem for Apple, and even today the company doesn’t want to support the feature for iPhone users.
Android users can download from the site due to its open source nature. Apple didn’t want iOS to be known for years, but changing market dynamics and regulatory pressure are forcing the iPhone maker to comply and allow users to install apps from other app stores.
Despite this, splitting the App Store into different circumstances makes sense, albeit in the short term. The company expects other countries to adopt EU-like rules in the near future, which may force it to sideload iOS into the mainstream.
We have already seen one big change in iPhones due to the EU decision, i.e. the launch of the iPhone 15 series with a USB C port for all markets. Apple CEO Tim Cook recently met with EU regulators in the US where these terms were set out in advance, and the company is now expected to approve the terms in the next month when the rules come into force.
