Emulators, specifically video game emulators, should be illegal.
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Apple changed its policy about emulators but still only allows “retro” ones.
Besides that policy Apple’s block on JIT compilation (a big deal for competing browsers also) means emulating newer systems is all but impossible anyway without getting rejected from App Store. I’m surprised they can even emulate the DS here.
The sad thing is Apple’s current iOS /iPad hardware is capable of insane levels of emulation. You could emulate Switch or even do PC gaming. They are capable of virtualization also. But Apple prevents it artificially.
My comment was purely about whether Apple A Chips had the power to emulate 6th gen systems, Apple blocking capable emulation is a whole other discussion.
Then how would even Nintendo themselves make old games NES games run on the Switch?, because they use emulators themselves to make them work, same as all the other console makers. Without emulators so many games would have been lost over the years, and when no original hardware is left, those old games would most likely never be playable again.
There are very valid security reasons for not allowing JIT compilation.
Especially when the primary benefit is letting people play pirated software, I’m glad Apple restricts it.
Not according to Louis Rossmann. I'm really surprised Youtube hasn't completely shut his account down by now. When he was doing repairs he was fine but now all his platform is is for IP-theft with the laughably indefensable line "Owning isn't owning, then stealing isn't stealing".
Yeah. Ok Louis.
So this https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-nintendo-entertainment-system-controller/ from Nintendo, will work with my iPhone and iPad?
This is ridiculous if so.
I downloaded Delta the day it came out in the App Store, and also iGBA which came out like a few days before Delta released.
Apple disallows it only because it gives Safari a browser monopoly on iOS. Their browser monopoly gets them billions in annual revenue from Google to keep it the default search engine.
If Apple had the will they could create a secure solution. It doesn’t seem to be much of an issue as MacOS has always allowed it and continues to allow it and does just fine, as does Android, etc.
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Are you unable to make the distinction between a company putting out a product that enables ip that they own to be played vs websites that enable & facilitate the theft of a company's ip?
Yeah, that’s not true at all. It doesn’t even make logical sense. Do you seriously think enough people don’t switch away from safari because of WebKit that it would negate Google’s desire to be the default search engine? I’d be shocked if more than 10% of users set Chrome as the default even if alternate engines were allowed.
Not everything is a conspiracy theory by Tim Cook to make more money, sometimes Apple just has a different opinion than you do about what is best for most users.
Just because you don’t like the fact that there are significant security issues that come with enabling JIT doesn’t mean there aren’t significant security issues that come either enabling JIT. Browser engines are one of the most common attack vectors for bad actors, in large part because of JIT. Restricting it makes sense.
For example, Apple disables its own WebKit JIT if you put your device in lockdown mode. And did develop a safer (although not safe) entitlement just for the EU’s mandate that alternate web engines be allowed on iOS.
Remember most users are not nerds like us posting on MacRumors, and Apple is looking out for the majority of its users with rules you find silly. Again, it’s not a conspiracy about money, Apple has always been super conservative about things like this.
It takes extreme levels of cognitive dissonance to hold in your mind that idea that Apple is only acting in the interest of its consumers while acknowledging its anti competitive actions actually initiated an EU crackdown. Wow.
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What anti-competitive actions am I acknowledging? Restricting JIT? Again I don’t think that’s Apple being anti-competitive, I think it’s Apple looking out for its users.
You are acknowledging that Apple's forcing all browsers to use WebKit was deemed anticompetitive in the EU, which resulted in them opening up JIT in that market. So you can say that Apple is looking out for its users, but there is an entire continent that has considered this problem carefully and taken interventionist action because they found that no, it's monopoly behavior.
I love Apple and all but iPhone users have no idea how badly Apple limits consumer choice. It's easy to miss because users literally never see the products that never reach them because of Apple's competitive behavior. Apple doesn't even allow developers to explain to users in-app why certain functionality is missing. These are not limited to game emulators, they extend to strong third party browers, virtualization, IDEs, game streaming, and more. Apple doesn't just limit things to protect consumer's security, they do it to limit any apps which Apple cannot take their cut of revenue.
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In my opinion, I think the EU has shown it has absolutely no idea what it's doing when it comes to regulating tech, and certainly hasn't "considered the problem carefully." And I'd add it isn't monopoly behavior because Apple doesn't have a monopoly in anything. If Apple had a monopoly, the EU would have used existing laws, not invent new ones to laser target US companies and avoid hitting European ones.
If only Apple had competitor without any of those issues so you could vote with your wallet! Then the government wouldn't have to come in and dictate how Apple's software works.
I don't agree with everything Apple does, but in this instance, I think it's abundantly clear that they think JIT is a security issue. It's not like they disable their own browser engine's JIT when in lockdown mode just for fun. And when the primary benefit in this instance is to let people play pirated software, I fully support locking down a serious malware vector.