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Apple may not be able to shut it down, but I wonder if they would go after app developers that use it. Apple's terms forbid developers from releasing their app
by Fizzer 15y ago
Apple may not be able to shut it down, but I wonder if they would go after app developers that use it.
Apple's terms forbid developers from releasing their apps outside official channels. However, say I release my iOS app to customers using an emulator running on Windows. Nothing is hitting an Apple device, so in theory they shouldn't have any jurisdiction.
Is the mere fact that it's using Apple's APIs enough reason for them to kick me out of the developer program, therefore pulling my apps from the app store and my customer's devices?
- Xuzz 15y agoIt's not "using Apple's APIs", though. It's emulating the hardware of an iPhone, and then running an unmodified iOS on top. Also, unless this thing (which is really intended as a development and security testing tool, not a user-facing product) "takes off" (and even, possibly, if it does), they will simply not care. I have apps in Cydia — hell, I've written part of Cydia itself — and they have no issues (so far) with my App Store apps. I really don't think they'll have a big issue with this. Maybe they'll block it from the App Store, etc, but I doubt they'd do anything more than that.
- wanorris 15y agoIf it's redistributing iOS, this sounds like a simple, old-fashioned copyright violation. That sounds like the kind of thing Apple would be likely to shut down, and I can't really say that I blame them, even though this is a cool idea.
- saurik 15y agoIf you read Xuzz's comment up-thread, he specifies that you (the user) download the firmware from Apple: this project does not require any redistribution of any of Apple's intellectual property.