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I wonder how they would interpret something like Geforce Now on an ios then?

kllrnohj 6y ago
There's a reason none of the game streaming services are currently on iOS: https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/25/app-store-game-streaming-rules/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/25/app-store-game-streaming-rule... & https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21356274/microsoft-xcloud-ios-apple-iphone-ipad-testing-ends-apple-app-store-policies https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21356274/microsoft-xcloud-... The policy as is exists to allow Apple Arcade to fit the rules, and basically nobody else.
adoxyz 6y ago
Apple doesn't allow Game Streaming apps on their platform for some odd reason so things like GeForce Now, xCloud, Stadia, are all barred because...no real reason that's not hypocritical.
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JohnTHaller 6y ago
In another anti-competitive move, Apple has banned all game streaming service (with the phony-sounding reason of 'we have to review all the games' when they don't review movies from streaming apps) while they prep their own game streaming service.
- jessaustin 6y ago
  Haha that's truly brazen. One hopes a court of law will have an opportunity to consider this maneuver...
- zimpenfish 6y ago
  > with the phony-sounding reason of 'we have to review all the games' when they don't review movies from streaming apps How many headlines have you seen about parents getting a huge credit card bill from their kids going wild in a video streaming app? The games market is predatory enough on iOS with reviews without being able to push down whatever unreviewed pay-to-win, lootbox, "hit the lever!" garbage people like Epic, EA, and Ubisoft churn out. I shudder to think what it'd be like with the floodgates opened.
  - Polylactic_acid 6y ago
    As always, we can look to android to see how it would go. An the answer is nothing happens, the game streaming services work fine. Apple is purely trying to avoid losing profit on out of store transactions.

There's a reason none of the game streaming services are currently on iOS: https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/25/app-store-game-streaming-rules/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/25/app-store-game-streaming-rule... & https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21356274/microsoft-xcloud-ios-apple-iphone-ipad-testing-ends-apple-app-store-policies https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21356274/microsoft-xcloud-... The policy as is exists to allow Apple Arcade to fit the rules, and basically nobody else.

adoxyz 6y ago

Apple doesn't allow Game Streaming apps on their platform for some odd reason so things like GeForce Now, xCloud, Stadia, are all barred because...no real reason that's not hypocritical.

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JohnTHaller 6y ago

In another anti-competitive move, Apple has banned all game streaming service (with the phony-sounding reason of 'we have to review all the games' when they don't review movies from streaming apps) while they prep their own game streaming service.

jessaustin 6y ago
Haha that's truly brazen. One hopes a court of law will have an opportunity to consider this maneuver...
zimpenfish 6y ago
> with the phony-sounding reason of 'we have to review all the games' when they don't review movies from streaming apps How many headlines have you seen about parents getting a huge credit card bill from their kids going wild in a video streaming app? The games market is predatory enough on iOS with reviews without being able to push down whatever unreviewed pay-to-win, lootbox, "hit the lever!" garbage people like Epic, EA, and Ubisoft churn out. I shudder to think what it'd be like with the floodgates opened.
- Polylactic_acid 6y ago
  As always, we can look to android to see how it would go. An the answer is nothing happens, the game streaming services work fine. Apple is purely trying to avoid losing profit on out of store transactions.