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Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved

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Re: Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved

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Post by therealx »

madjam002 wrote: post #32
ljm wrote: post #27

Wasn't even a year ago that I was singing Apple's praises for focussing on privacy. I don't feel the same way any more, and I've been happier with an Android device since.

I’m on iPhone thinking of making the switch too. Any privacy tips you recommend for Android?

You can do all the stuff people say, or if you already use gmail and google search, you can understand they already have a lot of your info, and still use the GApps. Definitely don't give third party apps permissions they dont need, and if you do root, the app that lets you spoof the gps given to apps is wonderful (as well as the one that lets you spoof other info).

Re: Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved

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Post by ssvss »

_hao wrote: post #28
sillysaurusx wrote: post #22

Apple 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.

Apple seems to have modified the rules just enough so that apps like WeChat can operate,

From https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1137321.shtml

> According to a statement the WeChat Team sent to the Global Times, the pulldown menu has been a function that WeChat always has and has always tried to optimize. > But the team stressed that the pulldown menu only provides WeChat users a convenient way to open the Mini Programs that they have used before. The menu does not recommend new Mini Programs to the users, neither does WeChat have a commercial model based on centralized traffic distribution like app stores.

Also changes to their Payment rules, https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/16/16896008/apple-wechat-tip...

Re: Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved

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Post by Aerroon »

burnte wrote: post #37
sillysaurusx wrote: post #22

Apple 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.

Then it should also ban other browsers, movie streaming apps, music streaming apps, ebook readers, etc. Be consistent.

Didn't they effectively ban other browsers some time ago? Other browsers were effectively reduced to reskinned Safari on iOS for a while.

Re: Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved

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Post by [deleted] »

dpkonofa wrote: post #60
dogma1138 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Netflix and Amazon definitely has exclusivity on their IP which means that there is far more exclusive content on video streaming services than on game streaming services which outside of Microsoft currently which has a few first party exclusives all license content from other publishers - and that content that is available on multiple platforms.

That doesn't matter. Netflix still has to go through the same processes as movie companies regardless if their specific IP is exclusive to their platform. My point was that they don't have exclusivity when it comes to providing that content which is not the case with Microsoft's XCloud, for example. All of that content is only available from Microsoft because every game on the platform has to be licensed by Microsoft…

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Re: Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved

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Post by kd913 »

madjam002 wrote: post #32
ljm wrote: post #27

Wasn't even a year ago that I was singing Apple's praises for focussing on privacy. I don't feel the same way any more, and I've been happier with an Android device since.

I’m on iPhone thinking of making the switch too. Any privacy tips you recommend for Android?

Get a raspberry pi and setup pihole with wireguard and dnscrypt-proxy. Get a hostname and basically tunnel your DNS requests to that pihole.

Use Firefox and signal instead of say chrome. Disable the assistant and be aware of the privacy controls of your google account.

Looking at the DNS requests made so far, it doesn't seem that much worse than an ipad or iphone.

I think it depends on what you are also keeping private from who.

Re: Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved

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Post by hrktb »

ineedasername wrote: post #92
hrktb wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Kadokawa’s manga pre-publishing app, comic days (japanese only): https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3...

For those interested there is the equivalent for Jump comics and a few others (Pixiv etc.), those must also be available as web only subscriptions.

Re: Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual games are approved

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Post by noisem4ker »

Aerroon wrote: post #104
burnte wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then it should also ban other browsers, movie streaming apps, music streaming apps, ebook readers, etc. Be consistent.

Didn't they effectively ban other browsers some time ago? Other browsers were effectively reduced to reskinned Safari on iOS for a while.

They still are.
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