Re:iOS 11 reviewed
by coldtea on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:40PM
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>I can't even put a copy online for people to download, the game is just dead and gone thanks to Apple. I can still run Windows games from 20 year ago and with DOSbox, DOS games from 30 years ago.
On the other hand, thanks to this kind of "burning bridges" users are not tied to 20 year old compatibility kludges and legacy BS in the OS and libs.
>My own iOS game on the other hand is dead, never to be revived.
Which, App Store or not is the fate of tons of games -- most 8bit/16bit era games we have, we just have thanks to emulators.
On the other hand, thanks to this kind of "burning bridges" users are not tied to 20 year old compatibility kludges and legacy BS in the OS and libs.
>My own iOS game on the other hand is dead, never to be revived.
Which, App Store or not is the fate of tons of games -- most 8bit/16bit era games we have, we just have thanks to emulators.