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Apple (grumpily) opens up the App Store

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple allowing alternative browser engines in the EU, Netflix getting WWE, Pixel 9 leaks, and more.

Further reading:

  • Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone
  • Apple is allowing alternative browser engines in iOS 17.4 — but only in the EU
  • Apple opens App Store to game streaming services
  • Netflix is turning into cable TV 
  • Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan
  • WWE Monday Night Raw is ditching cable for Netflix
  • The Mac turns 40 — and keeps on moving
  • Looking back on 40 years of Macintosh 
  • The Pixel 9 leaks are already here
  • Leaked pictures show a very blue Pixel 9. 
  • The Vision Pro’s most important app is Safari, whether Apple likes it or not
  • Vision Pro cover glass repairs will set you back $799 without AppleCare Plus
  • Apple tells artists how much more money they can make with spatial audio
  • Inside India’s race to cool 1.3 billion people in a warming world
  • Nintendo goes after the Palworld Pokémon modder
  • The Pokémon Company says it will ‘investigate’ Palworld
  • This baby is covered in old flip phones and chips — and you cannot afford it


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