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Remind me why we can't find this kind of thing in the app store? Edit: which clause stops this kind of thing?
by kwdc 5y ago
Remind me why we can't find this kind of thing in the app store?
Edit: which clause stops this kind of thing?
- simonh 5y agoWho would publish it, Apple? They still own System 7.
- msephton 5y agoApple made available System 7.5.3 for free download some years ago (1999?) though they have since stopped hosting the files. https://lowendmac.com/2001/abandonware-and-copyright/ https://lowendmac.com/2001/abandonware-and-copyright/
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- yoz-y 5y agoIt's the clause 2.5.2: > 2.5.2 Apps should be self-contained in their bundles, and may not read or write data outside the designated container area, nor may they download, install, or execute code which introduces or changes features or functionality of the app, including other apps. https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#software-requirements https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#sof...
- Jyaif 5y agoThis clause is... "flexible", see for instance Roblox.
- kwdc 5y agoAnd any number of calculator emulators. Pythonista lets you write python code and run it.
- yoz-y 5y agoPythonista et al probably fall into the exception of that rule: > Educational apps designed to teach, develop, or allow students to test executable code may, in limited circumstances, download code provided that such code is not used for other purposes. Such apps must make the source code provided by the Application completely viewable and editable by the user.
- yoz-y 5y agoUnfortunately like all the rules. There is one that forbids apps to use notifications for marketing, and even Apple breaks it.
- smoldesu 5y agoBecause Apple is endlessly hostile to the end user and will take every precaution possible to reduce user agency.