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This is ... not new at all? App-bundling apps existed. Apple rejected them. Low-code apps existed. Terminals existed. Apple rejected them. LLM apps exist. Ap

This is ... not new at all? App-bundling apps existed. Apple rejected them. Low-code apps existed. Terminals existed. Apple rejected them. LLM apps exist. Apple allows them, because they render text, pictures, and video, but they don't run arbitrary code. Running arbitrary code is flatly forbidden, because users can't reason about them. I see absolutely no evidence that software is moving away from versions, any more than it was when apps could first search the internet, render recommendations, or deliver messages.

spwa4 5mo ago
Really? Apple lets you run custom code with network connectivity and even payments now. So how does that work? There's: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/roblox/id431946152 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/roblox/id431946152 And to: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-play-with-friends/id479516143 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-play-with-friends/id... And to IDEs: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/go-programming-compiler/id1503308279 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/go-programming-compiler/id1503... https://apps.apple.com/us/app/python-coding/id6738411328 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/python-coding/id6738411328 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/python-editor-app/id1672453872 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/python-editor-app/id1672453872 And then of course there's emulators, including: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/utm-se-retro-pc-emulator/id1564628856 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/utm-se-retro-pc-emulator/id156... The famous one: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id1048524688 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id10485246...
- flykespice 5mo ago
  I see no reason those emulators wouldn't fall under the Blunded App rule, they "execute code" (interpret instructions). It's just Apple enforcing their rules when they see fit...

spwa4 5mo ago

Really? Apple lets you run custom code with network connectivity and even payments now. So how does that work? There's: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/roblox/id431946152 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/roblox/id431946152 And to: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-play-with-friends/id479516143 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-play-with-friends/id... And to IDEs: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/go-programming-compiler/id1503308279 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/go-programming-compiler/id1503... https://apps.apple.com/us/app/python-coding/id6738411328 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/python-coding/id6738411328 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/python-editor-app/id1672453872 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/python-editor-app/id1672453872 And then of course there's emulators, including: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/utm-se-retro-pc-emulator/id1564628856 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/utm-se-retro-pc-emulator/id156... The famous one: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id1048524688 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id10485246...

flykespice 5mo ago
I see no reason those emulators wouldn't fall under the Blunded App rule, they "execute code" (interpret instructions). It's just Apple enforcing their rules when they see fit...