Apple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violations
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Apple today said it removed Game Boy emulator iGBA from the App Store for violating the company's App Review Guidelines related to spam (section...
  • jsomae@lemmy.mlEnglish
    251·
    7 months ago

    This is not news. The headline is misleading. They took down an ad-bloated fork of an emulator which is still on the app store. Nobody should find this remarkable in any way except for the fact that Apple actually made the right call for once.

    • Anas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      7 months ago

      of an emulator which is still on the app store.

      Again, when has GBA4iOS ever been on the App Store?

        • Anas@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          I don’t think the actual emulator was ever uploaded to the App Store, even with the relaxed rules.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      The fact they’d allowed it was a huge fucking deal, after two decades censoring this sort of thing. Then they finally let through… some ad-infested garbage? Only to delete it later?

  • joewilliams007@kbin.melroy.org
    93·
    7 months ago

    How is this in any way relevant news, if it has nothing to do with being an emulator, but the cause being spam by a rip off? Is that even worth a post?