dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoApple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violationswww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down17
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkApple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violationswww.macrumors.comdvdnet62@feddit.nl to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareshaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up113·1 year agoTo summarize: It was a copycat version of CocoaBob’s GBA4iOS, uploaded without his consent, and on top of that, filled with ads and tracking user data.
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·1 year agoShit, an emulator getting taken down for… actual copyright infringement? You don’t see that every day.
minus-squareCaptainBasculin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 year agoSince the licensing of GBA4iOS was GPLv2 they could’ve posted the source code with their edits and call it a day; but i guess they didnt even do that.
To summarize: It was a copycat version of CocoaBob’s GBA4iOS, uploaded without his consent, and on top of that, filled with ads and tracking user data.
Shit, an emulator getting taken down for… actual copyright infringement? You don’t see that every day.
Since the licensing of GBA4iOS was GPLv2 they could’ve posted the source code with their edits and call it a day; but i guess they didnt even do that.