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dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago

Apple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violations

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Apple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violations

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dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago
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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...
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  • shaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    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.

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      Shit, an emulator getting taken down for… actual copyright infringement? You don’t see that every day.

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      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.

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    That one didnt last long. Edit: Read the article, Hope the actual devs upload it

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      The “actual devs” straight copied another app that is still available on the app store, and then enshittified it heavilly. To the depths with them!

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    Are torrent clients next?

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