If there was ever a case for going to the Android platform, this is right here.
Fixed it for you.
If you have a case that Apple is applying ToS to one and not the other, that is a great court case to get compensation. Betcha lose this one too?
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Apple to Pull 'iDOS 2' DOS Emulator From App Store
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If there was ever a case for going to the Android platform, this is right here.
Fixed it for you.
If you have a case that Apple is applying ToS to one and not the other, that is a great court case to get compensation. Betcha lose this one too?
This is not “consumer-hostile”, however, if this app is important to you, you have a great alternative in Android. Switching is very easy and you can have all the freedom to do what you want.
First, letting people execute random binaries is a security issue. Second, it is, almost certainly piracy and preventing piracy is how Apple manages to get developers to continue to produce apps for the platform, even when it had a much smaller minority share of the market.
You are no longer allowed to download or no longer exist in the App Store and would not work on current iOS releases?
Simple solution, buy the other platform with a different set of trade-offs.
Agreed.No real loss. You can run DOS games in a web based simulator.
DOS emulator in your browser - VirtualConsoles.com
Believe it or not we have an online DOS emulator available for uploading and running DOS games, applications inside your browser. Core features at a glance: […]virtualconsoles.com
PCE.js IBM PC/DOS in the Browser
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I'm sure there are others.
On a related note, the author of iDOS 2 is likely going to get a surge of people purchasing their app now. So, there’s that “angle” to consider with this story too … the “cashing out” factor. If the developer was truly “altruistic” they’d drop the price to free before it was officially pulled by Apple.
To put it another way … if Apple is “evil” here, that doesn’t automatically make the developer “good.” Yeah … I’m an equal opportunity pessimist.
Or acknowledge apple does this and buy your hardware accordingly. Same thing with right to repair, don't be surprised when apple does things to make extreme money
You can’t offer someone else’s IP for sale without negotiating a contract. Unless its some 35 year old game that’s long been defunct, and even THEN you need to be careful because someone else might own the rights and come after you. Look into how much time and money GOG has done to track down old games right holders. This is not a viable alternative.
Including free Eastern European and Chinese spyware and no OS updates! It works so well you won't even know it's there. Thanks but no thanks.
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It’s about time this overbearing company gets busted wide open
If Apple's been approving it all these years then I wonder what's changed recently to make it run afoul of the rules. This could be another bullet for the antitrust regulators.
Don’t get me wrong… iDOS 2 doesn’t come with anything. You have to sideload games and whatever DOS program you want to run. I believe Apple is truly being anti consumer here, as DOSBOX (what iDOS is based on) is what it says: it’s an open source DOS emulator.
Apple's i- devices have always basically been closed environments. I don't understand the surprise at this.
Now - if / when Apple does the same to apps on Macs... then I'd be concerned. It's frustrating enough now that you have to approve opening anything "from the Internet"... but at least you CAN.
Now - if / when Apple does the same to apps on Macs... then I'd be concerned. It's frustrating enough now that you have to approve opening anything "from the Internet"... but at least you CAN.
As a 20-year veteran of Apple products, Windows 11 is looking more alluring by the day.
Seriously. Microsoft is opening up just as Apple is closing in on itself. I used to be an unapologetic Mac aficionado. Now I'm almost ashamed on behalf of Apple's abhorrent business practices.
Seriously. Microsoft is opening up just as Apple is closing in on itself. I used to be an unapologetic Mac aficionado. Now I'm almost ashamed on behalf of Apple's abhorrent business practices.
Windows 11 won’t support Intel Mac upon official release. They’re implementing more requirements to make Windows more “secure”, which apparently Apple didn’t have support for in their hardware at all, even a freaking TPM in their firmware!
No, you shouldn't. Such control over the system is not something iOS and Apple supports. If you need that feature you have to look elsewhere.
I also like that the iOS ecosystem seriously curtails the power of power users, making them mere users.
Blocking the side loading is a big failure for Apple Silicon Mac because so far, most developers dont even wish to support iOS/iPadOS apps on macOS.
Running arbitrary code can be a security nightmare. In stead of making a judgement call on it, it's just easier to stop all of it. You are not important to Apple so they sacrifice you for better security for those who don't know what they're doing.
I agree. The suckers may stay with iOS. The rest should switch to Android which is a more flexible and secure platform.
Apple, stop trying to control what the consumer wants to do with our bought devices. Funny - you ban emulators for legacy software that in many cases is no longer available, yet I can stream EVERY major movie or TV Show illegally through apps like Plex or Infuse. I can fill a 512 GB iPhone with the latest movies without having any license to watch, yet I cannot play my legally paid GamePass subscription (except through a browser app that the developer had to prepare to go around this limiation). Why? Just because Apple says so. Jeez.
All this kind of arbitrary decisions make very difficult to keep supporting Apple. Some very cool products - but some of these policies make no sense at all!
All this kind of arbitrary decisions make very difficult to keep supporting Apple. Some very cool products - but some of these policies make no sense at all!
Then make it option. If you need to Apple to baby sit you because you cannot distinguish between a legit and a potential dangerous app, fine. Some of us can take care of ourselves, thank you!
Remember, with all Apple products, you own the hardware, not the software. We are strictly licensed to use their software.
So? That's pretty much the case with EVERY piece of Software you use - not sure what's the point you're trying to make there.