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Apple pulls a Game Boy emulator for App Store violations, but says game emulators are allowed


iGBA was an ad-supported copy of the open-source project GBA4iOS that offered a Game Boy game emulator for iOS.

“I did not give anyone permission to do this, yet it’s now sitting at the top of the charts (despite being filled with ads + tracking),” Testut said on Threads. So glad App Review exists to protect consumers from scams and rip-offs like this,” he added, sarcastically. The Cupertino-based tech giant has been pushed to make the App Store more open thanks to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).

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