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AltStore PAL costs $1.6 a year to cover CTF
The third-party iOS app store AltStore PAL is now live in the Europe with the launching of Delta and Clip, thanks to DMA.
Headline
The third-party iOS app store AltStore PAL is now live in the Europe with the launching of Delta and Clip, thanks to DMA.
Context
The third-party iOS app store AltStore PAL is now live in the European Union with the launching of a free Nintendo emulator called Delta and a clipboard manager called Clip. To install the app marketplace, AltStore PAL charges an annual subscription fee of $1.6 (plus tax) to cover Apple’s Core Technology Fee (CTF).
Evidence
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Analysis
Installing AltStore PAL needs to persistently click through numerous awkwardly designed scare sheets from Apple that confirm and reaffirm your decision to install apps from sources outside Apple’s App Store. AltSore is the work of Riley Testut , a game developer and his business partner Shane Gill. To monetize its marketplace, AltStore PAL is integrating with an online platform Patreon. Additionally, it will provide support to developers who wish to distribute beta apps as thanks for crowd-sourced funding—something that is prohibited in the App Store. AltStore is not brand new. It has been available for iOS since 2019, but up until now, installing it required a workaround that essentially used a companion piece of software called AltServer running on a Mac or PC to trick the iPhone into thinking you are the app developer. Even though it doesn’t technically require jailbreaking your phone, it’s a little tricky.
Key Points
- Thanks to Apple’s compliance with the region’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), AltStore PAL, the third-party IOS app, is now live in Europe with an annual subscription fee of $1.6 (plus tax).
- AltStore PAL releases two apps: a free Nintendo emulator called Delta and a clipboard manager called Clip.
- Installing AltStore PAL on an IOS system still requires some tricky steps.
Actions
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