How iOS Web Distribution works in the EU in iOS 17.5
The new iOS 17.5 beta introduces app sideloading from websites in the EU and Apple has announced both what eligible developers have to do, and what users can expect to see.
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William Gallagher
Sideloading apps from the web in EU possible with iOS 17.5
As promised, the iOS 17.5 beta includes support for sideloading apps directly from authorized developer websites in the European Union.
Wesley Hilliard
Apple support staff warned to avoid side-loading speculation
Apple has warned its support staff to avoid talking to customers about the possibility of side-loading and third-party app storefronts arriving in non-EU countries.
Malcolm Owen
Apple prepares to enable sideloading and App Store changes in EU
Apple may enable users to sideload apps on iPhones and iPads in Europe within weeks, an act that will also see Apple split the App Store into two versions.
Apple expected to lay iOS 17 sideloading groundwork at WWDC 2023
Apple won't be introducing many features in iOS 17, a report claims, but it will be putting in elements to enable the side-loading of apps.
AltStore allows limited sideloading of iPhone apps Apple doesn't approve
As Apple faces pressure to open up the iPhone to third-party App Store providers, one developer has been helping users sideload apps since 2019 — and has issues with overbroad legislation demanding users be able to sideload.
Mac Studio Final Cut Pro update, Musk & Twitter, Tim Cook on sideloading on the Appleinsider podcast
Final Cut Pro and iMovie get new features, Elon Musk tries to buy Twitter, and Tim Cook gets serious about the sideloading fight on the AppleInsider Podcast.
Stephen Robles
Sideloading is a malware danger, Apple tells U.S. lawmakers
Apple has written to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to dispute claims made by an expect about sideloading, insisting its arguments about the technique being a malware vector are justified.
