Microsoft's xCloud Unavailable on iOS at Launch, Future Uncertain

[bobbie424242]

Remember that Apple the benevolent dictator do this for your own good. You should be grateful.
You have signed up for that. Enjoy locked down computing.

 

[wallaby]

Or push Apple to stop being a bunch of morons.

That's what switching to Android would be. Market loss = gee we should be less anticompetitive.

Unfortunately the whole "ecosystem" thing really makes it hard. I bought a couple of HomePods recently and if I were to use Android for everything, I wouldn't be able to use them for much. Just podcasts, weather, and maybe some Siri shortcuts.

 

[cocky jeremy]

How much did Apple pay you? Why do you have to apologize for them?

I'm not apologizing for anyone. It's theirs and they can run it how they want. Don't like it? Move on.

 

[cocky jeremy]

I’ve begun shopping Android. Never thought I would say that. I’ll give Apple a month or so to right this wrong.

OnePlus 8 Pro. I have one as a second phone. It's great.. as far as Android goes, at least. Charges super, super fast. Camera is ok in decent lighting, really fast, etc.

 

[redman042]

Either build a platform people can write apps for that is open, or build a platform that is completely walled off. The next sentence was about to be full of curse words at Apple. I for one am tired of this crap, and I've had about 10 different iPhones, 3 iPads, 4 AppleTVs, 4 MacBook Pros, and a several Mac Minis & iMacs over the years.

Unfortunately I think this and every other platform will remain in the grey area in between those two extremes. How open or closed each platform is will be a moving target influenced by the desire for more profits and more control. The only reason they don't completely lock it down to have total control is because they would lose customers, as evidenced by this thread where many are saying they are fed up. So they will do just enough to keep most of us on the platform while doing all they can to beat the likes of Microsoft and others or at least get the most out of any deals with them. That's Silicon Valley for ya.

It's very possible Xcloud will end up on iOS, but the terms of that agreement are not yet settled and this news is part of the process of one side trying to get the other to cave. Apple is a notoriously hard firm to negotiate with (I have heard stories from folks that have tried). And we all know the long and storied history of Microsoft vs Apple.

 

[redman042]

I say: don’t bother getting upset. Considering LAN-based game streaming is passable at most, WAN-based game streaming is “snake oil”.

This is true. Bandwidth is improving these days but still a long ways off from being reliable enough for frequent game streaming, unless you're talking about slow paced games like RPGs. And don't get me started on latency or download cap issues, which are significant.

I think a lot of people on here complaining about not getting Xcloud would find after a month of using it that it's not worth the bother.

Heck, I tried Xbox local streaming service to PCs and gave up after one day of trying to make it work well.

 

[Puonti]

So if Microsoft's saying Apple is preventing them from releasing a game streaming app on the App Store, where's the Mac xCloud client? Nothing's stopping them.

 

[AndyMacAndMic]

So if Microsoft's saying Apple is preventing them from releasing a game streaming app on the App Store, where's the Mac xCloud client? Nothing's stopping them.

Nothing is stopping who? Microsoft or Apple?

 

[Puonti]

Nothing is stopping who? Microsoft or Apple?

Nothing's stopping Microsoft from creating an xCloud client for macOS.

 

[AndyMacAndMic]

Nothing's stopping Microsoft from creating an xCloud client for macOS.

Maybe MS will/can do that but that is besides the point. The whole discussion in this thread is about iOS not macOS.