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Apple Pulls C64 Emulator From the App Store
Rob Hearn sends in a piece up at PocketGamer.co.uk on why Apple suddenly pulled Manomio's C64 emulator soon after finally approving it. (El Reg has coverage too.) "It was a glorious few moments for retro gamers when Manomio's C64 emulator was finally approved by Apple and released to the eager, nostalgic iPhone public. Then, calamity! It was gone again. Apparently some wily users figured out how to access the Commodore 64 BASIC system that was originally packaged with the emulator — something that Apple wasn't too happy with, given the nature of the interpreter's code. By setting the keyboard to 'always on,' launching a game and restarting BASIC, players got into the 'empty shell' of their C64 emulator."
With all this publicity about his app he has to go and fuck it up. He could have made thousands.
Indeed, the new model has a phone app shoe-horned in. Only time will tell if it is any good as a phone. However I was speaking of the existing platform, which is phoneless.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Actually I fail to see how this is not fair game. They set a standard which they are entitled to (sorry, if you don't like it, don't buy it, there are plenty of alternatives to iPhone and Apple hasn't really become a monopoly threat), the developers said they met the standard and the App was approved.
Then, it turns out the App didn't meet the standard and was pulled. What's news about this except that if you're going to try to cheat... hey... DON'T POST ON THE INTERNET ABOUT IT.
no, IP is unethical and flawed. But it is not a "lie." It does in fact exist. If you are honest in your quest for an Open Society, you will want to engage in activities that lend to that society. But just as ELF doesn't actually benefit the planet (and instead, harms it quite frequently), and ALF doesn't actually help animals (again, harms additional animals instead) - you too are being counterproductive to the cause for which you are supposedly fighting.
There are various reasons that would account for being counter-productive to your own cause, but none are very flattering so I won't bother with them here. What I will do though is point out the flaw in what you're saying, since I am an actual advocate of the cause, and wish you'd stop harming it so much.