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
Why should he make the app free in the US and payed in the EU then? I was okay with paying for this directly on the AppStore even 10$ would be fair, but this is bullshit.
I downloaded it for free. Stop making this about the US 🤣
Why shouldn’t he? It’s his work he can do what ever he wants with it. He’s pushing users onto his new App Store so he’s making apps available there 🤷♂️
He has to pay a fee to create an AppStore. Do you think he can magically make money out of this air to pay apple?
Enjoy your 3 side loaded app limit + 7 day refreshes and having to install a 3rd party store to get access to an application that was approved by Apple for distribution on the App Store.
Yes and that's a dick move, he is leveraging Delta to push people into AltStore. Why some users can have it for free while others have to pay? How can this make sense to you? This is the same of, let's say, you've to pay taxes but your next door neighbor does not just because.
Yes, and who asked for that?
People asked for an emulator on the App Store, eventually Apple changed their policies and allowed it, he was one that decided to create an alternative store, not the users.
OMFG I’m not in the US I live in the UK. I don’t have access to alternative app stores 🫠
Again, it’s his work he can do what he wants with it. Is he not allowed to make his own decisions or should he refer to your poor arguments in the future? Fuck it’s not hard to understand. He can charge whatever the fuck he wants. That is his right. He built the damn thing!
At this point I feel like I’m speaking to a shitty ChatGPT bot or a troll. This conversation can’t be real 🤣🤣 maybe you’re the Portuguese Tim Cook and you’re still butthurt about opening up iOS??
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.
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 ;)
That comparison is wrong on so many levels 🤣 This is not a tax. Who’s forcing you to pay it?
Riley Testut, as he could flip a switch and have Delta appear on all European app stores.
No he’s not. You don’t have to download the app. Your entitlement is through the roof.
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.
I give up 😩
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.
If my next door neighbor lives in a different country this is absolutely possible