Apple is going to allow third-party app stores in Brazil, too

Apple will allow third-party app stores on iOS in Brazil next year after settling with the country's competition watchdog CADE in a legal dispute from 2022. The settlement requires Apple to permit external app stores and payment systems while maintaining the ability to charge fees, with neutrally-worded warnings about third-party options. Apple has 105 days to implement these changes or face fines up to $27 million, expanding similar concessions already made in Europe and Japan.