Overview

• Hot Tub, described as an 'adult content browser,' launched on February 3 through the AltStore PAL, an alternative app store available in the European Union.
• Apple has strongly opposed the app, citing safety concerns for users, particularly children, and emphasizing that it does not approve or endorse the app.
• The Digital Markets Act, a European Union competition law, requires Apple to allow third-party app stores on iOS, bypassing Apple's usual strict app approval process.
• Hot Tub includes content from popular adult sites like Pornhub and XHamster, with Apple highlighting the inclusion of a 'teen' channel as particularly troubling.
• Epic Games, a funder of AltStore PAL, defended the app's presence, accusing Apple of using safety concerns as a pretext to maintain its monopoly and contrasting Apple's stance with its approval of apps like Reddit.