dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 months agoApple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violationswww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down17 cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.ml
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 · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilink cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareshaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up113·3 months 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-up74·3 months agoShit, an emulator getting taken down for… actual copyright infringement? You don’t see that every day.
minus-squareCaptainBasculin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 months 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.