mark@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoApple will allow users to download apps directly from a developer’s website, in latest EU App Store rule change9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoApp downloads through websites don’t need to go through app review. The developers have some requirements that restrict it to profit-making developers though, see my other comment.
minus-squareWolfLinklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoIt’s a less stringent review process than the App Store, but apps distributed outside of it will have to be “notarized”: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/25/alternative-app-store-notarization-process/.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoAh. Your comment sounded like it was way more than just checking if it works, though.
App downloads through websites don’t need to go through app review. The developers have some requirements that restrict it to profit-making developers though, see my other comment.
It’s a less stringent review process than the App Store, but apps distributed outside of it will have to be “notarized”: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/25/alternative-app-store-notarization-process/.
Ah. Your comment sounded like it was way more than just checking if it works, though.
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