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Daryl Baxter

AltStore PAL warning issued to users on iOS 17.5, do not delete your app — awkward Apple implementation breaks reinstalls of app marketplaces

Alt Store on iOS.

Alternative app marketplace Alt Store PAL currently has a major bug on iPhones running iOS 17.5 in EU countries, with apps refusing to reinstall when deleted.

Users have discovered that when they try to reinstall Alt Store PAL, an alternative app marketplace only available in EU countries, on iOS 17.5, the installation fails, displaying a ‘Could Not Install App’ message. A tweet by Mysk, an account run by two iOS developers, explains that iOS 17.5 fails to recognize that Alt Store PAL can be reinstalled on certain Apple ID accounts in the EU, due to a ‘client_id’ label in the software’s code being reset.

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