Microsoft could offer one of the first third-party app stores on iPhones<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>It was confirmed back in September that <a href="
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https://9to5mac.com/guides/antitrust/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">antitrust[/url] requirements relating to app sales, and it seems most likely this will require the company to allow third-party <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/app-store/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">app stores[/url] on iPhones. <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/microsoft/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Microsoft[/url] has now indicated its intention to run one of these.</p>
<p>One key driver for the plan is likely Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of mobile gaming giant Activision Blizzard … </p>
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Microsoft could offer one of the first third-party app stores on iPhones
