Apple had no choice but to agree to a porn app for the first time, thanks to a comprehensive reform of the rules of the application store in Europe. But she wants you to know that she is not happy with that.
The problem is not just the itching content. Apple says the door has been opened for easy access to malware.
“We are very concerned about the safety risks created by militant porn applications of this type for European Union users, especially children,” Apple spokesman said in a statement. “This application and other forward will undermine consumer confidence and confidence in our ecological system that we have worked on for more than a decade to make the best in the world.”
The app, Hot Tub, is not available on the iOS app store for Apple, but it can be downloaded via the outdoor Altstore, which can only be accessed on iPhone devices in Europe. After entering Digital Markets LawThe European Union demanded last January Open the famous Apple iOS The ecosystem to allow iPhone owners to access alternative stores and applications.
Altstore It was launched on iOS after three monthsAllow the IPHONE users in Europe to reach the third party app store for the first time, and initially require subscription fees. It was even EPIC games, one of the companies that fought Apple on the rules of the application store over the years, by providing Altstore with a grant to compensate for the costs of saving its alternative store on iOS. One of the applications now is the hot tub, which features a content of the controversial porn center.
The risk of malware on iPhone devices
Apple agreed to the Hot Tub (it has no other option, according to the rules of the European Union), but the company really wants you to know that it does not already support it – a decisive difference that was not explained by both the hot tub and their marketing materials.
Apple spokesman said: “Contrary to the wrong data made by the market developer, we definitely do not agree with this application and we will never provide it in our application store.” “The truth is that we are wanted by the European Commission to allow it to be distributed by market operators such as Altstore and Epic who may not share our concerns about the safety of the user.”
Francisco Jeronimo, IDC analyst, says Apple is right to concern about its reputation among IPHONE users. Besides the risk of children to easily access porn, there are wider safety risks offered by applications that are not subject to the same level of strict audit that Apple uses to determine the applications that must be allowed in their application store. This opens the risk of finding harmful programs on their way to iPhone – a threat that has long been able to underestimate by maintaining control of the iOS ecosystem.
Jeronimo says that people who end up that iPhone devices are full of harmful programs that are unlikely to know or even take care of them, and direct their finger to Apple. The company challenge, and The priority declaredIt is an attempt to keep users as safe as possible while implementing the changes required by European organizers. that it A hard rope for the company for walking. Jeronimo said: “What we see, and what we will see is that at the end of the day, this list endangered consumers.”
The European Commission has always talked about a large game about its incentive to take strict measures on large American technology companies primarily to improve the experience of European consumer. The benefit of third -party application stores is that it will increase the choice of the consumer, but many, including Apple, believe that the safety risk associated with them does not deserve to be comparison.
“There is no benefit at all, regardless of a few companies that will distribute their applications and gain some business,” said Jeronimo.
The arrival of the hot tub on Altstore is just a tip of the iceberg. It is imperative to follow more of these applications, which may form a variety of problems and risks.
