Apple pulls iPhone torrent app from AltStore PAL in Europe

Apple has removed the iPhone torrenting client, iTorrent, from AltStore PAL’s alternate iOS marketplace successful the EU, showing that it tin inactive exert power implicit apps that aren’t listed connected the authoritative App Store. iTorrent developer Daniil Vinogradov told TorrentFreak that Apple has revoked his organisation rights to people apps successful immoderate alternate iOS stores, truthful the contented isn’t tied to AltStore PAL itself.

“Apple removed Alternative Distribution functionality from iTorrent’s Developer Portal without immoderate warning,” Vinogradov said connected iTorrent’s Github page. Apple has not provided a crushed for the removal, according Vinogradov, and organisation was revoked astatine the Apple Dev Account level. The substance is besides being investigated by AltStore PAL.

While Apple bans torrent apps connected its ain iOS store, the EU’s Digital Markets Act gave iPhone users wrong the bloc greater state to instal apps from third-party app stores that the Cupertino institution doesn’t straight manage. iTorrent was added to AltStore PAL successful July past year, which raises the question: wherefore now?