It’s almost unheard of for Apple to comment on an individual iPhone app, but it’s just done so in response to the first porn app, just arriving on European iPhones.

In the EU, Apple's gatekeeper status changed with the 2022 adoption of the Digital Markets Act, which required Apple to allow alternative app stores.

AltStore PAL, which is an alternative to Apple ’s App Store, is now free to access because of newly introduced European competition laws. This means users can download adult content browser Hot Tub, which they have dubbed ‘the world’s first Apple-approved porn app’ – despite the App Store not allowing porn.