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

In the EU, Apple's gatekeeper status changed with the 2022 adoption of the Digital Markets Act, which required Apple to allow alternative app stores.

The Hot Tub app could be the canary in the coal mine as far as the dangers of third-party app stores are concerned. Next up: malware.