The Hot Tub app, which allows users to play videos from popular adult sites, was launched in the AltStore PAL on Monday.

It’s almost unheard of for Apple to comment on an individual iPhone app, but it’s just done so in response to the first porn app, just arriving on European iPhones.

Apple is once again at odds with a new adult content browser for iOS, which has launched on AltStore PAL, a third-party app store in Europe made possible by the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

AltStore PAL said in a social media post that Hot Tub is “the world’s 1st Apple-approved porn app.” Apple rejects that claim.

A native pornography app for iOS is coming to the EU via the approved alternative app store AltStore PAL, made possible by Europe's Digital Markets Act

Apple has issued a fiery statement condemning Hot Tub - the first-ever pornographic app to become available on iPhones across Europe

Apple has had no choice but to approve a pornography app for the first time ever, thanks to an overhaul of app store rules in Europe. But it wants you to know it's not happy about it.The issue isn't just the prurient content.

Apple on Monday criticized a pornography app newly available on iPhones in the European Union, saying the bloc's digital policy was undermining consumer confidence in Apple.

Apple has expressed serious concerns regarding the introduction of an adult content app,Hot Tub, now available on iPhones in the EU, warning that new digital competition laws could put users' safety at risk and erode consumer confidence,

Apple has chided a newly introduced pornography app available in the European Union, warning that the bloc’s digital rules opening the way for third-party app store downloads undermines consumer confidence in the tech giant.

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