This is silly. They’re not seperately approving every app on my VNC server either.
You’re not VNC’ing into a game machine, though.
How do you know? I've done it before.
Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved
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#92Apple 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.
The situation is more complex. For instance I have a subscription to a magazine publisher that pushes me any new issues of several magazines as they are published (roughly 10 to 20 every months). And the content of the subscription is not fixed, for a few months some magazines appeared, and other disappeared. Some of the content is gore/mature, while not straight porn. The catch of course is that the subscription pay…
That sounds good, what's the magazine app?
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Netflix has interactive movies that are like games.
It is still a movie and so would be regulated under existing movie classification systems. And since movies are over a century old every country has a similar regulatory framework. Most countries do not have an equivalent for apps/games and so it is ultimately left to Apple to regulate.
> Most countries do not have an equivalent for apps/games and so it is ultimately left to Apple to regulate.
We literally have ESRB that's a whole lot less arbitrary than Apple's review system.
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
Netflix has interactive movies that are like games.
It is still a movie and so would be regulated under existing movie classification systems. And since movies are over a century old every country has a similar regulatory framework. Most countries do not have an equivalent for apps/games and so it is ultimately left to Apple to regulate.
What regulations are those? Netflix has Minecraft Story Mode now https://www.netflix.com/title/80227995 . What regulations are being applied, and how are those incompatible with video games?
Also aren't movie rating systems like the MPA self-regulated? Not required by law. There's already equivalent systems for video games with PEGI and ESRB.
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'll bite - what's the difference between a movie-streaming app and a game-streaming app?
Netflix is bigger than the nascent game streaming market and more apple users (including me) expect to be able to use it. If they told netflix "we have to approve each movie and tv show on your service, and possibly take revenue from you on a per-video basis", then netflix would walk and would be smart to do so because it's pretty likely apple would come up the loser in that fight. Again, huge number of users, existi…
Your argument is that majority consensus overrides individual freedoms and that is preposterous.
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#97Re: Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved
#98This includes platforms to stream games from users local PC to clients. As an example RainWay https://rainway.com/ So this ban is broader than the article suggest.
Apple allows the Xbox remote play app functionality. You can play Xbox Series S or X games on your phone from your console. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/remote-play
Also Playstation remote play. There's a specific allowance for personal, local-network remote viewing.
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#997 of August? I believe that was discussed back then.
It was. And Microsoft said they're moving to a web app, like Luna is currently doing.
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#100This is silly. They’re not seperately approving every app on my VNC server either.
Does this mean that soon you will only be able to visit websites that Apple whitelists for Safari?