Apple to allow EU customers to download apps without using App Store
by Dan Milmo and Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#6J4ME)
Move comes as iPhone maker adapts to new Brussels laws, but could be replicated in UK in near future
Apple is to allow EU customers to download apps without going through its own store, as the iPhone maker adapts to new Brussels laws.
Under the changes the US tech company will also give iPhone users a range of browsers to choose from as their default, allow the use of alternative payment systems to Apple Pay, and permit the installation of alternatives to its App Store, which could theoretically include the Google Play store.
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