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Apple opens up App Store to new competition in Brazil

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8:48 AM PDT · June 18, 2026

Apple announced on Thursday that developers in Brazil are now allowed to distribute their iOS apps through alternative app stores and process payments for digital goods and services outside the App Store.

The changes, which are a part of Apple’s agreement with Brazil’s competition regulator Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica, or CADE, loosen Apple’s rules in yet another market, following similar revisions in the E.U. and Japan.

The move marks another crack in Apple’s long-held control over the iOS app ecosystem, which has been forced to open up by regulators, and, in some cases, via legal battles. In the U.S., for example, Apple now permits developers to direct users to external payment options as a result of the court’s decision in the Epic Games lawsuit against the iPhone maker.

The updates in Brazil’s market will include the introduction of new protections,...

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