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Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required) (9to5mac.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://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:

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: https://github.com/rileytestut/Delta/issues/292

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

or should he refer to your poor arguments in the future

Okay, when your govt decides you should pay taxes and your neighbor in the exact same situation doesn't have to pay then I hope you're happy. That's what you're advocating for there.

maybe you’re the Portuguese Tim Cook and you’re still butthurt about opening up iOS??

Ahahah, the exact opposite. I'm all for alternative app stores and I believe iOS should allow for direct IPA installs without signatures and checks from Apple at all. What I'm against is developers screwing over specific groups of people, in this case Europeans, like this one did.

At the end of the day Testut is charging 1.50€/year for AltStore PAL access, so... he just created a new tax, a fee and so is Apple. The more things change, the more they stay the same ;)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That comparison is wrong on so many levels 🤣 This is not a tax. Who’s forcing you to pay it?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Riley Testut, as he could flip a switch and have Delta appear on all European app stores.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No he’s not. You don’t have to download the app. Your entitlement is through the roof.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't get the special treatment for US users. But okay.

I really hope that RetroArch (that is actually done by decent people) get's released in the stores soon and Delta / Testut fades away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I give up 😩

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Let's forget about the inequality situation that was created here, even though it was mostly created by his choices of accepting the "new terms" and wanting to launch the AltStore.

Do you like to have a phone where you're forced into having just the Apple App Store? You don't, you want freedom to choose whatever App Store you would like to use.

This is exactly the same, instead of just making Delta available on the EU Stores for a price (in order to cover the CTF tax) he decided to restrict it to his single store.