AltStore PAL, the alternative iOS app store available in the European Union and Japan, is joining the social web. In a post on Wednesday, AltStore PAL announced that users across Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky can now interact with apps that developers choose to federate on its explore.alt.store website.
Any likes from the social web will appear on AltStore PAL, according to creator Riley Testut, who shared last October that „you’ll be able to comment on an app on Mastodon, like a news update on Threads, then open AltStore and view all these same interactions in-app.“ Users can also now sign into the AltStore PAL with their Mastodon or Blue …