Riley Testut launches Delta game emulator on App Store - shows middle finger to Europe

Submitted ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨TCB13@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/17/riley-testut-launches-delta-game-emulator-on-app-store-for-everyone-altstore-marketplace-for-eu/

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14398634

Unfortunately I was proven to be right about Riley Testut. He’s yet another greedy person barely batter than Apple. After bitching to Apple to remove GBA4iOS from the App Store he’s now leveraging Delta to force people into his AltStore.

Delta has finally made its way to the App Store. Additionally, the Delta developer has also published their alternative marketplace, AltStore, in the EU today.

If you’re in the EU you’ll only be able to get Delta on the AltStore and that requires:

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This is complete bullshit he could’ve just launched Delta on the App Store in Europe as well but he decided not to.

Thanks Riley Testut for being a dick to the people that actually forced Apple into allowing alternative app stores in the first place.

Github issue related to this dick move: github.com/rileytestut/Delta/issues/292

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BaronVonBort@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s the opposite of giving the EU the middle finger, it’s taking advantage of them opening the system. Just because Apple lists it doesn’t prevent them from taking it down off the App Store; having it loaded from his own does.

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- TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Did you miss the part where Europens will have to pay 1.50€/year to have access to Delta while Americans can get it for free on the App Store?
  
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- Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Just because Apple lists it doesn’t prevent them from taking it down off the App Store; having it loaded from his own does.
  
  Did you miss the part in the rules that still have Apple controlling what can be on and who can offer 3rd party stores? Apple still has final approval over everything basically. They complied with the verbiage of the law, but certainly not the intended spirit.
  
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suckmyspez@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Talk about over dramatising the story!

This is hugely positive 🥳

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- TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I bet you’re living in the US not having this deal with this bullshit. While you’ve access to a free app, I’m (in Europe) required to pay and install a 3rd party store just because some guy decided like it.
  
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  - suckmyspez@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Wtf does the US have to do with this?
    
    I live in Scotland and I’m gutted we don’t get access to the alternative app stores. It’s a huge positive.
    
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Tick_Dracy@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
As an European, I still prefer the freedom to have alternate App stores.

Yet, I still don’t see a reason why they don’t provide the same app to all customers since it’s allowed by Apple, aside from greed or something like that.

Either way, let these developers enjoy their small time of fame, because as soon as RetroArch becames available, a lot of these emulators will be left in the dust ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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- TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  RetroArch
  
  Do you have experience with it? Isn’t RetroArch a frontend to another solutions? How does that play in iOS? Does it come with the other code compiled and bundled? How does it get around the fact that in iOS it can’t just launch another executable for xyz?
  
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  - Tick_Dracy@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I only use RetroArch on PC, so I don’t know how it works on iOS, but I will assume will be identical to the console versions, which already have all the cores included on the emulator (on PC there are downloaded individually).
    
    I wouldn’t call it just a front end, it’s much more than that, and it has a great integration. Also the devs seem to focus a lot on the emulation accuracy.
    
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MisterMoo@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Do we have to assassinate someone’s character over this? Are you sure it isn’t more complicated than you’re describing it? Like Apple gets forced to allow alternative app stores by the EU, Testut plans to launch one, then at the last minute Apple attempts to pull the rug from under that by allowing emulators after 17 years of forbidding them. Testut was supposed to come back home to Apple just because they said so, but I think he did the right thing by sticking to his plans and foiling Apple’s. If you want Delta in the EU, download AltStore.

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- TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Do we have to assassinate someone’s character over this?
  
  The guy launched Delta on the US App Store and NOT in the ones on the EU… If Apple approved the App for distribution then it can be distributed in all stores.
  
  If you want Delta in the EU, download AltStore.
  
  I’m going to say again: AltStore is either payed or requires that constant refresh thing. It doesn’t make sense for make the app free on the US and force EU users to pay…
  
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coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m confused, How is this a middle finger to Europe?

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- TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  In the US you can go to the App Store and download Delta for free. In the EU you’re forced to pay 1.50€/year because he decided to only make it available on the AltStore.
  
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  - coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Found it, just couldn’t find it in the initial story.
    
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MakePorkGreatAgain@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
cant imagine that Nintendo will let that fly for very long…

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- TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Why not, Apple allows it, as long as there is no ROMs included it’s okay.
  
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