Apple says no to OS emulation on the iPhone
Apple says no to OS emulation on the iPhone
We sure hope this won't upset European regulators given how great their relationship is with Apple right now
Apple hates their users just like Nintendo :3
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The rule in question – section 4.7 – was added to Apple's App Review Guidelines earlier this year and allows for some software, like video game emulators, to access and download content outside their designated container area.
The latest review effectively acts as an exception to section 2.5.2, which requires all apps to be self-contained and doesn't allow them to read or write data that introduces changes in functionality.
Chaoji Li, the developer of iDOS, said he was forced to re-submit his work for review of its suitability for the App Store after section 4.7 was added.
"[Apple has] decided that iDOS is not a retro game console, so the new rule is not applicable," Li wrote in an update to an earlier blog post last week.
The rules concern apps being allowed to go outside their binary to fetch content that can alter their functionality – something both console games and OS applications are able to do.
The iGiant has long opposed sideloaded apps and warned users not to use them on the grounds that any code Cupertino can't vet could carry security and privacy risks.
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Great, so if a Mac Classic emulator is marketed as a Pippin emulator it'll be accepted?
Maybe next year it'll be less of an issue in the EU, when the commission has forced Apple to comply and third party stores are finally properly allowed. They won't be able to force third parties to follow arbitrary rules.