This is silly. They’re not seperately approving every app on my VNC server either.
Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved
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#72apple no longer makes computers for people who actually like tech, they make easy mode devices for normals
Their processor technology is ahead of every android phone on the market, and they put their high end cpu into their low end device (iPhone SE).
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#73Apple has always wanted to block "browser" type apps. If it can be used to install or view hundreds of other apps, then it's probably not a good fit for the iOS garden. We willingly give Apple money under this premise. I'm not sure why this is surprising.
How do apps like WeChat are allowed then? There are entire platforms and mini-programs inside.
Presumably they feed Apple money by the billions.
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Then it should also ban other browsers, movie streaming apps, music streaming apps, ebook readers, etc. Be consistent.
It is consistent. There are fundamental differences between the apps you've mentioned and these game-streaming apps that clearly delineate why those are approved and why these are not.
I'll bite - what's the difference between a movie-streaming app and a game-streaming app?
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is consistent. There are fundamental differences between the apps you've mentioned and these game-streaming apps that clearly delineate why those are approved and why these are not.
I'll bite - what's the difference between a movie-streaming app and a game-streaming app?
There is none. Either can have content that would offend Apple's conservative American sensibilities, though I'd wager that more movies would than games.
If Apple thought they could get away with content policing movies, they surely would.
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#76This is silly. They’re not seperately approving every app on my VNC server either.
You’re not VNC’ing into a game machine, though.
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#77It's weird that they specifically worked with Amazon to make their Luna game streaming service work as a PWA on iOS: “We worked with the Safari team to ensure that some of the things that weren't there are there, and that allowed us to kind of get to where we are today,” Luna head of engineering and technology George Tsipolitis said. https://www.engadget.com/luna-amazon-cloud-gaming-interview-...
I don't think it's weird that the Safari team work with big developers. They want to make their mobile browser competitive with other browsers, particularly ones that support advanced features that enable cloud gaming.
Re: Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved
#78Apple has always wanted to block "browser" type apps. If it can be used to install or view hundreds of other apps, then it's probably not a good fit for the iOS garden. We willingly give Apple money under this premise. I'm not sure why this is surprising.
You cant even bring your own browser engine to iphone
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I've used iphones from the 6s till 11 and this week I switched to an android. I hadn't realized how limiting iOS is.
For me it’s the anti-gaming sentiment that Apple promotes which is at fault. Not going back to Apple until they change their ways. So hello Sony Xperia 5 II and goodbye IPhone 11.
I doubt they are anti gaming - they spotlighted League of Legends mobile in the iPhone 12 launch.
They just want to milk everything on the app store. I'm so torn on Apple - on the one hand their ecosystem is the most complete and works the best, but on the other hand they try to take a cut from every revenue stream on their platforms, keep a walled garden and often lock out things that are useful to me.
For example iPad pro is an amazing tablet - hardware wise - I would use it as a on the go dev machine - but iOS is so pointlessly locked down I couldn't use it for anything non-trivial. Compare that to an Android device where I can get Linux userland running or Windows tablets. But then Apple couldn't monetise all my apps on the device.
Samsung is the closest you can get to Apple ecosystem but they suck badly - their hardware is acceptable but software is nowhere near close - apps are bad, bixby is horrible, tizen OS is missing basic stuff.
Microsoft could be a player here but they just started experimenting with mobile after a long time, they have no wearable, and the surface line seems promising but always has that one or two flaws that makes it unsatisfying. I'm hoping they can create something in the future, I have no expectations from Samsung - they seem both incompetent and insistent on doing their own thing when it comes to software.
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#80It's weird that they specifically worked with Amazon to make their Luna game streaming service work as a PWA on iOS: “We worked with the Safari team to ensure that some of the things that weren't there are there, and that allowed us to kind of get to where we are today,” Luna head of engineering and technology George Tsipolitis said. https://www.engadget.com/luna-amazon-cloud-gaming-interview-...
"Safari team" doesn't necessarily have the same motivations as "App Store review team." Apple, as a company, needs to play nice with the web.