Apple’s grip on iPhone app distribution is loosening in another major market: Brazil.

Apple opens iOS Brazil to new app stores and payments.

Apple today announced that developers in Brazil will be allowed to distribute iPhone apps through alternative app ...

Apple will allow alternative app marketplaces and third-party payments in Brazil starting with iOS 26.5, following a CADE antitrust settlement. The changes mirror EU concessions.

App developers can now distribute apps through alternative app marketplaces in Brazil, as part of a broader set of changes in ...

Apple has opened iOS in Brazil to alternative app marketplaces and payment systems following a settlement with the country’s ...

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Third-party payment processors are allowed too. Following the EU and Japan, Brazil has now forced Apple to open up iOS to ...