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Re: AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now

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Post by ClassyJacket »

aprilnya wrote: post #93
topherPedersen wrote: post #88

When will third party app stores be available in the United States?

Apple is only doing this because the EU forced them to, so unless the US forces them to as well, it will never happen. App Store is Apple's golden goose and they would never give even a slice of it up voluntarily

Poor destitute Apple, they have to keep the iPhone a walled garden to feed their families. They don't have anywhere near enough money already. The executives are surviving on cabbage soup. Tim Cook will literally have to eat cardboard for dinner if they don't make another hundred billion dollars next year.

Re: AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now

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Post by ribosometronome »

herrkanin wrote: post #58
nerdjon wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably, and I am not arguing that. I think it is important to point out that clearly there could be improvements to the App Store without opening it wide open. However, this has nothing to do with my core problem here of now in the EU having no choice but to use an alternative store. When every other country can just download it from the App Store. My problem here is not that alternative store exist. my problem is…

- Alternative app marketplaces become allowed. - Apple sees emulators as a potential market for alternative app stores and proactively chooses to allow them in the Apple App Store. - This is a clear example of how competition in the app market place being a positive thing. - Developer creates an alternative app marketplace, with an emulator as one of its main apps on launch, realizing the competition that forced Appl…

>I'm sorry you feel forced to download a separate app store, but don't you see how you in the end are benefitting from this change even without using the AltStore?

Not really, so far. Are there any game systems that don't require some level of special hardware to back them up? Dreamcast? I don't think I know anyone who has ever made themselves a 'backup copy' of a game they've purchased, much less then played that backup copy on another device. I'm sure they exist, but in numbers even smaller than linux isos on BitTorrent.

Re: AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now

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Post by threeseed »

lapcat wrote: post #95
threeseed wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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This is such a stereotypical HN comment. Everything is easy, according to HN armchair quarterbacks. Setting up a nonprofit organization? No problem! :eye roll:

Nobody said it was easy.

But you do have to setup and operate a company to run a store or sell an app.

Adding non-profit on top in many places isn't that much more effort.

Re: AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now

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Post by roblabla »

pretext-1 wrote: post #70

There seems to be an issue with the download. After purchasing it redirects to a download page but when clicking on download nothing happens. Other users on Reddit are reporting this too. Hope it gets fixed or refunded.

I had the same problem. I had to long press the download button and open in a new tab for it to do anything. It then showed the popup saying I needed to allow installation of the app in the settings before long-pressing download again.

Re: AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now

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Post by phantompeace »

basisword wrote: post #85
phantompeace wrote: post #62

Hmm, my Apple ID is set to the UK, i paid using a UK card (Monzo), whilst connected to my home VPN (tunnelled) but currently abroad on holiday in Asia and it’s telling me I need to physically be in the EU to install it…

Have you forgotten...brexit? We no longer get to enjoy the benefits of the EU.

To be honest, after the vote I didn’t really keep up as I thought (hoped) real change would take ages to kick in. Guess we’re finally, actually out. Will request a refund.

Re: AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now

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Post by phantompeace »

DRW_ wrote: post #97
phantompeace wrote: post #62

Hmm, my Apple ID is set to the UK, i paid using a UK card (Monzo), whilst connected to my home VPN (tunnelled) but currently abroad on holiday in Asia and it’s telling me I need to physically be in the EU to install it…

Have you been abroad since before June 23rd 2016?

Yes, but I think the post-brexit transition phase tricked me into believing the change wouldn’t be this drastic. Sigh.

Re: AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now

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Post by lapcat »

threeseed wrote: post #103
lapcat wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is such a stereotypical HN comment. Everything is easy, according to HN armchair quarterbacks. Setting up a nonprofit organization? No problem! :eye roll:

Nobody said it was easy. But you do have to setup and operate a company to run a store or sell an app. Adding non-profit on top in many places isn't that much more effort.

> Nobody said it was easy.

Yes, you did: "not that much harder than setting up the account in the first place" and "isn't that much more effort".

> But you do have to setup and operate a company to run a store or sell an app.

No, you don't actually have to setup and operate a company to sell an app.

Re: AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now

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Post by basisword »

phantompeace wrote: post #105
basisword wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you forgotten...brexit? We no longer get to enjoy the benefits of the EU.

To be honest, after the vote I didn’t really keep up as I thought (hoped) real change would take ages to kick in. Guess we’re finally, actually out. Will request a refund.

It officially occurred at the end of January 2020. I think something else important happened around that time that made it easy to miss :) Pre-existing law (e.g. GDPR) continues to until we remove it. New regulations like the DMA won’t ever apply.

Re: AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now

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Post by deergomoo »

lxgr wrote: post #17
rwbt wrote: post #7

Love the 'PAL' reference - just like how many in North America were pining for the PAL video standard (initially Europe but later entire world except North America) but we were stuck with NTSC (and doubled down).

On the other hand, many cool games never made it to the PAL region, and a lot of PAL ports (and video releases) got technically botched in some way.

Yeah, as a European retro game enthusiast I tend to avoid the PAL versions of anything older than the sixth gen of consoles like the plague.

By the PS2/GameCube/Xbox era most games were fine and PAL60 was becoming a thing anyway, but older than that and there’s a good chance the game just runs 17% slower due to the 50/60Hz difference, or has some weird letterboxing due to not accounting for 576 vs 480 lines.

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