Just a day after Apple announced alternative app marketplace support for iOS users in Japan, AltStore PAL has launched in the country. iPhone users in Japan can download the alternative app marketplace from the AltStore website,

Apple Inc. and Google LLC announced sweeping changes to their app distribution and payment rules in Japan on Dec. 18 to match the country’s new law aimed at promoting competition in smartphone services and reducing consumer costs.

From alternative app marketplaces to a new "Side Button" API for ChatGPT, Apple’s Japan rollout is here. Discover why the MSCA is a smoother set list than the EU.

Epic Games is not going to bring Fortnite to iOS in Japan as promised because of the fees imposed by Apple's new App Store rules, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said on social media. Sweeney complained that Apple did not comply with Japan's Mobile Software Competition Act "honestly" and instead "launched another travesty of obstruction and lawbreaking in gross disrespect to the government and people of Japan".

Apple tax has been disputable. Developers complained, regulators grumbled. That era is now ending. On 18 Dec, Japan became the latest market to decrease Apple Tax.

Apple has officially announced that it will enable alternative app stores in Japan and allow developers process payments for digital goods outside Apple’s in-app purchase system in iOS.The changes remain involuntary but are needed to