Apple (grumpily) opens up the App Store

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple allowing alternative browser engines in the EU, Netflix getting WWE, Pixel 9 leaks, and more.

Further reading:

• Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone
• Apple is allowing alternative browser engines in iOS 17.4 — but only in the EU
• Apple opens App Store to game streaming services
• Netflix is turning into cable TV 
• Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan
• WWE Monday Night Raw is ditching cable for Netflix
• The Mac turns 40 — and keeps on moving
• Looking back on 40 years of Macintosh 
• The Pixel 9 leaks are already here
• Leaked pictures show a very blue Pixel 9. 
• The Vision Pro’s most important app is Safari, whether Apple likes it or not
• Vision Pro cover glass repairs will set you back $799 without AppleCare Plus
• Apple tells artists how much more money they can make with spatial audio
• Inside India’s race to cool 1.3 billion people in a warming world
• Nintendo goes after the Palworld Pokémon modder
• The Pokémon Company says it will ‘investigate’ Palworld
• This baby is covered in old flip phones and chips — and you cannot afford it

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