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Maybe their thinking goes along the lines of "an installable game, whether local or not, is considered like an app, wheter it adds its own icon to the homescree
by mimsee 6y ago
Maybe their thinking goes along the lines of "an installable game, whether local or not, is considered like an app, wheter it adds its own icon to the homescreen or not, and since it's considered as an app, it must be held to apple app store policies. now unlike youtube and netflix which primarily host video content that don't act like an app, even though you can download content for offline use in both apps."
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- philjohn 6y agoAlong the same vein then they would need to remove any remote desktop apps, of which there are many.
- joenathanone 6y agoBut the games aren't installed, just streamed.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoNetflix has games that work on the iPhone. Why is that allowed?
- escardin 6y agoThey're not though? The interactive stuff doesn't work on an Apple TV at least.
- monocularvision 6y agoThey work on iOS devices.
- warp 6y agoRemember Netflix has interactive shows. I just checked, and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is playable on my iPhone. Games like Late Shift or The Complex on Xbox are very similar.
- spenczar5 6y agoI think it's more likely that their thinking goes along the lines of "game installs are a ton of revenue for us; game streaming services give iPhone users a way to pay someone else for games without us getting a cut, so we have to stop that because we are a business and we like money."
- SilasX 6y agoVery analogous to (anti-net-neutrality) ISP reasoning about video streaming services that compete with what they offer.
- Bombthecat 6y agoOr they want there own gamestream service in the future.
- m-p-3 6y agoThat wouldn't sit well in terms of antitrust if they blocked all their competitors.