Apps installed on your iPhone from sources other than the App Store will no longer be able to be updated if you leave the EU for more than 30 days.
About alternative app marketplaces in the European Union - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/118110
DMA is an EU law that came into effect in May 2023 with the aim of strictly regulating major technology companies such as Apple, Meta, and Google. This Digital Market Law defines companies that provide core platform services as 'gatekeepers,' and at the time of writing, Google's parent company Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft, and Samsung are considered gatekeepers. Certified.
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Following the enforcement of the DMA, Apple added new terms to its official app store, the App Store, in January 2024. The content is that ``app developers will be allowed to distribute their apps on alternative third-party app stores and use third-party payment services''.
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And in iOS 17.4, released on March 5, 2024, Apple began supporting alternative app stores for users in EU member countries.
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However, to be eligible to use an alternative app store on your iPhone, your device's location must be set to an EU member state. Therefore, if the iPhone's location changes, the entitlement granted to the user may be lost, and once the entitlement is lost, app installations in alternative app stores will not be possible, and app downloads in alternative app stores will not be possible. App updates will no longer be possible. At the time of the release, Apple said, ``While there is a grace period for short-term trips, long-term stays outside the EU will result in the revocation of access to alternative app stores.''
Apple did not initially specify how long 'long-term' meant, but Apple has since amended the wording to state that 'app updates will be available for 30 days after leaving the EU, and users will continue to have access to alternative apps.' You can manage your use of the store and the apps you have installed, but you must be located in the EU to install new apps from alternative app stores.''
According to Apple, to be eligible to use an alternative app store, a user's Apple ID must be Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, or Ireland. - Must be set to one of Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, or Sweden.
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