• Apple banned this app for years. It's now America's No. 1 iPhone app

    From Oscar Mayer@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 1 00:48:56 2024
    Apple banned this app for years. It's now America's No. 1 iPhone app. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/30/delta-emulator-iphone-apple-antitrust/

    Apple had banned apps like it for years but un-banned them this month
    without much explanation. Delta's creators say growing anti-monopoly
    pressures were responsible for Apple's flip-flop. https://faq.deltaemulator.com/

    Apple is loosening its App Store restrictions and opening the marketplace
    up to retro game emulators. In an update on Friday, Apple announced that
    game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable
    games.

    Game emulators have long been banned from iOS, leaving iPhone owners in
    search of workarounds via jailbreaking or other workarounds. They're also
    one of the key reasons, so far, that iPhone owners in the European Union
    might check out third-party app stores now that they're allowed in the
    region. Apple's change today could head that off.

    https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122341/apple-app-store-game-emulators-super-apps

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