Re:Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual ga...
by dsissitka on Sunday November 08, 2020 @12:04AM
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> Streaming apps arrives are a way to bypass the App Store.
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> That’s why they are banned unless the individual apps or games are submitted individually.
Spotify is a streaming app. Spotify didn't submit and Apple didn't approve every song.
Shadow is a remote game streaming app. Apple allowed them in the App Store when they removed the ability to launch directly into a game. [0] They won't allow Moonlight to do the same. [1]
[0] https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21357771/apple-cloud-gamin...
[1] https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-ios/issues/417
Re:Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual ga...
by zepto on Sunday November 08, 2020 @08:50PM
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Spotify is a streaming app, but Spotify doesn’t stream apps.
These are completely unrelated things.
Re:Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual ga...
by bagacrap on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:17PM
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isn't a website also a way to bypass the app store?
Re:Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual ga...
by zepto on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:43PM
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Yes. Not only is it a way, it is the way Apple recommends and supports.
They have explitly talked about their ‘two plaforms’ approach.
Approved and controlled stuff in the store. Everything else via the web.
That’s why they are banned unless the individual apps or games are submitted individually.
It’s not really surprising they don’t want other companies running storefronts on iOS.
The ‘consistency’ argument is just not valid.