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Oh wait, no..... it wasn't
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Apple Updates App Store Review Guidelines to Allow Streaming Game Services That Submit Each Game to the App Store [Updated]
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Oh yes, because Flash was the only way I could get unauthorized software on my computer.
Oh wait, no..... it wasn't
Can third party browsers inject events into javascript? If so, that would seem to be a pretty good solution.
Microsoft would have to allow arbitrary URLs to be visited with their browser, I think, to satisfy Apple's definition of a browser though...
This is stupid. Apple doesn't want these certain games to ruin the "Apple Arcade"
xCloud is not doing anything wrong here.
xCloud is not doing anything wrong here.
no I didn’t.
i described a supermarket where there is another supermarket inside that you can get food from that sells the same products that the main store sells. And that main store has no control over what that store is selling and gets no revenue from those purchases.
that is madness. Show me where that type of situation exists in the real world?
1. Go to amazon.com in Safari.
2. Buy/rent a movie and pay for it.
3. Watch it in the Amazon Prime Video app on your iPhone.
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The funny part to me is that Apple says they want to do this in regards to reviewing the content and changes in the game themselves.
Despite the fact that a bunch of well respected organizations already exists that do this (the ESRB for NA, PEGI for EU, CERO for JPN) so why not just leverage their ratings and content reviews like every other video game related company.
You can see it in the App store already, and honestly Apple's own Rating system is trash compared to the ESRBs, Google Play Store uses the standard ESRB game ratings which are way more descriptive and useful.
Despite the fact that a bunch of well respected organizations already exists that do this (the ESRB for NA, PEGI for EU, CERO for JPN) so why not just leverage their ratings and content reviews like every other video game related company.
You can see it in the App store already, and honestly Apple's own Rating system is trash compared to the ESRBs, Google Play Store uses the standard ESRB game ratings which are way more descriptive and useful.
So you have to post all your streaming games separately with each one having an icon on the phone that the user can search for, parents can see, screen time can monitor. Nothing about this sounds bad and it stops iOS from fragmentation. Apple are also trying to push this with the TV app, why do I need separate apps for my tv shows and movies when why can all plug into the default UI, search, playtimes, and up next?
This is very Apple and what I have come to expect and love of their systems. Xbox cloud is irrelevant to me as it will be games on Xbox which heavily USA focused genres. But if another streaming service comes along all they have to do is put up a token app per game and explain this will only work in your house or it'll eat up your 4/5g data plan. Each game can be rated like any other game and I can see on screen time that I spent a little too long building a Roman city this week.
This is very Apple and what I have come to expect and love of their systems. Xbox cloud is irrelevant to me as it will be games on Xbox which heavily USA focused genres. But if another streaming service comes along all they have to do is put up a token app per game and explain this will only work in your house or it'll eat up your 4/5g data plan. Each game can be rated like any other game and I can see on screen time that I spent a little too long building a Roman city this week.
Any games that would be available for streaming within Xcloud, need to be “available” through the App Store as well, to give users the option to purchase the full game, instead of subscribing to a game streaming service to get access to it.
This does NOT mean that users MUST also purchase and download the game(s) from the App Store, like a bunch of people here are claiming.
It also does NOT mean that developers have to release a separate streaming app for every single game that they want to offer as a streaming title.
This does NOT mean that users MUST also purchase and download the game(s) from the App Store, like a bunch of people here are claiming.
It also does NOT mean that developers have to release a separate streaming app for every single game that they want to offer as a streaming title.
I must admit I'm still a bit confused on what Apple's plan is here; I suspect we'll see Apple provide more information eventually. 4jasontv, your comments are helpful here. I'd add that it also allows Apple to shut down a particular game if it is found to have Malware (probably after release in the App Store), cause problems for the system, has in appropriate content, etc. I suspect it will, also, carry content ratings consistent with the App Store, which might benefit some. If they didn't have one app per game, they could only shutdown the entire game streaming platform (or they'd have to wait on coordinating with the streaming platform).
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Lol, go ahead and install your own OS somehow, or jailbreak it and install what you like on the hardware you own instead of the OS installed that you don’t own and only licence.
Umm how would streaming what basically amounts to a YouTube video give you malware? Can we send out malware through H.265 format videos now?
Not to mention everything you can do on Safari. If Apple restricted what websites you could go to (i.e. if it’’s not in the App Store you can’t view it) would these same people support Apple in doing so?
Apple clearly doesn't understand what streaming games are. Xcloud has Xbox One units in Azure datacenters throughout the world. When you sign into Xcloud, you are essentially renting an Xbox One to run the game and stream the HDMI output to your iOS or other mobile device. At no point do you actually have the game on your mobile device because it's in the cloud. Not to mention, some of these games hit 200+ GB in size. Apple's tiny storage sizes would only be able to hold a game. Why would you ever do that when the Xcloud game library already has 100+ titles.
I guess we shouldn't be surprised that the people who designed iCloud can't understand how the cloud actually works.
This is just lip service from Apple to try and avoid the looming anti-competitive U.S Department of Justice case that is coming for Apple.
I guess we shouldn't be surprised that the people who designed iCloud can't understand how the cloud actually works.
This is just lip service from Apple to try and avoid the looming anti-competitive U.S Department of Justice case that is coming for Apple.
Hell you don't even have to go through Safari anymore, you can buy and rent stuff in the app using Amazon's payment system and completely bypass Apple.
That change makes zero sense. A cloud streaming game service by its very nature doesn't have games to download. In MS case, Xbox games will never be listed on Apple's store so it isn't even feasible to do. Not really sure what Apple's intention is here, but it isn't to fix the problem.
The end result of all of this will be reduced sales and marketshare for Apple - Enjoy living on borrowed time for your beloved platform if they keep this **** up
I did not know that. Epic should just have sold their Fortnite stuff on Amazon.com instead of doing what they're doing lol.
Hmm..not how Rene Ritchie reads it.
But if your reading is correct that would mean every game on xCloud would have to have a native iOS version in order for the xCloud service to be approved? Does every Xbox game have an iOS equivalent?
I suspect Apple is writing these guidelines for any streaming service and not for those that necessarily exist today. In time, streaming services may find a different mix of server-side vs. client-side execution more ideal -- particularly with the addition of AR or VR.
Don’t discount the concept entirely; it’s pretty common for iOS security notes to mention maliciously crafted audio files as a path to arbitrary code execution. It’s happened several times in the past year, actually.
The problem isn't that there are differences but that there are very strong similarities. Using one of your examples, yes driving a motorcycle and a car are very different but you need a license and insurance to drive either legally, at least in the United States. I could go on and on about the similarities between the two.
In that same fashion there are stark similarities between streaming music, video, and video games. In all three cases you have a situation where constantly varying content is streamed from an app where only the app is reviewed by Apple, the content is not.
I believe the truth is that Apple is trying to hamper competition in the video game arena space and they can afford to keep services like xCloud off of iOS because they are new and not yet popular. Streaming services for music and video content is already so popular that having them removed from the app store would lead to a significant loss of customers.
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What's next? Require that every web site on the internet was represented by an icon in iOS? That would preserve iOS consistency. What about the movies on Netflix? Do the separate icons too!
Please don't talk out your ass, you know full well these things are not comparable and are just kicking for a fight.
I’m pretty sure Apple know all about the weird pedo, beastiality and rape hentai porn games Steam has been famous for in the past and do not want the like on Apple devices, eapecially via the app store.
That is why they want to review each and every game, and as a parent I applaud this.
At least Netflix and Amazon Prime only show legal material.
Anyone remember when the app belonging to a swimsuit store wasn’t allowed?
That is why they want to review each and every game, and as a parent I applaud this.
At least Netflix and Amazon Prime only show legal material.
Anyone remember when the app belonging to a swimsuit store wasn’t allowed?