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AltStore PAL, an alternative app store for iOS devices, has launched its own Mastodon server, becoming the first federated app marketplace. This move, supported by new rules in places like the European Union and Japan, allows users to join independent servers in the fediverse, an open social web that seamlessly connects and shares content. The fediverse includes apps like Mastodon, Flipboard, PeerTube, and Threads. AltStore PAL has raised six million dollars in Series A funding to support this initiative, with a few apps already on board, such as Loops, PeerTube, and iPhanpy. Bigger apps are expected to join later, once Apple finalizes its commission changes in the European Union. The Mastodon server can be found at fosstodon.org/altstore, and the app itself has been updated with an iOS Liquid Glass design and new icon.

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