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App Store anti-steering rules declared illegal in Brazil, in latest antitrust ruling

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/11/Apples-App-Store-anti-steering-rules-declared-illegal-in-Brazil.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>Apple’s <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/app-store/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">App Store[/url] anti-steering rules have been declared illegal in Brazil, in the latest <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/antitrust/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">antitrust[/url] ruling against the company. This means <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] can no longer ban developers from linking to their own websites to sell in-app content like books, movies, music, and games.</p>



<p>The Cupertino company has already been required to allow <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/third-party-iphone-app-stores-ios-17-4/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">third-party app stores in the EU[/url], and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/30/second-judge-implies-apple-lied-in-epic-lawsuit-denies-request/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">to allow US developers[/url] to sell in-app content outside of the App Store … </p>



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