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  • Delta

    Delta is an all-in-one classic video game emulator for non-jailbroken iOS devices. (by rileytestut)

  • > I have not seen anything that the release on the App Store was held up by apple and that this wasn't just instead an simultaneous release on both platforms by the developer.

    See this commit from 3 years ago[1]! On Delta's Repo:

    > Delta was originally developed under the impression Apple would allow it into the App Store. Unfortunately Apple later changed their minds, leaving me no choice but to find a new way to distribute Delta. Long story short, this led me to create AltStore, which now serves as the official way to install Delta onto your device.

    The main reason why you “have not seen anything that the release on the App Store was held up by apple” is that because you did not want to see it!

    > Yes Apple did not previously allow this until they changed their policy recently to allow emulation (which I think was about a month ago).

    And guess why their changed their policy? Because of DMA put them in an untenable posture.

    > This does not change the fact that the developer is choosing to put the app on the App Store everywhere except for the EU, and in the EU you have to use their store.

    That's a genuine “fuck you Apple” move, which is understandable given how much “fuck you Delta” Apple gave them before, but it's also a bit of a problem. But here again this is 100% on Apple! They can 100% ban this kind of things by adding a policy to the app store that says “If you want to distribute on the App store outside of the EU, you have to provide your software on the app store in the EU as well” even if that doesn't prevent the release on an alternative store. The main reason why they don't do that, is because it would ruin their FUD about this exact situation.

    You are being manipulated by a trillion dollar company, that not only hate your individual freedom, but also wants to make sure you hate it yourself so you never ask for it. And unfortunately that propaganda keeps proving highly effective…

    [1] https://github.com/rileytestut/Delta/blob/abd7338a08a4948c55...

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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