Recently something broke in App Store Connect and caused one of our most popular apps (iTorrent) to be unlinked from AltStore PAL, meaning it can no longer be downloaded and new updates can’t be submitted for notarization

Despite working with Apple for weeks now, the issue is still unresolved. Really hard to run a marketplace when apps can disappear randomly without our control and we can’t do anything about it 😓 https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/27/apple-blocks-itorrent-app-eu/

Apple Blocks iTorrent App from EU Alternative App Marketplace

Apple is no longer allowing torrenting app iTorrent to be distributed via the AltStore Pal alternative app marketplace in the European Union,...

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@rileytestut the AltStore is not so Alt as we expected.

@rileytestut Poor sinner…

THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER APP STORES BEFORE ME

Which just shows that third party AppStores are far from proper Sideloading. Nothing against AltStore PAL but everything is just sooo limited by Apple.