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TCB13 OP , 3 months ago to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

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.

TCB13 , 3 months ago to technology in Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse

This is just like the iPhone (lack of) storage and the (lack of) SD cards. Apple is trying to maximize profits by using less RAM and by forcing people into buying more hardware in a few years. Apple does a lot of stuff very well but then they also pull this crap.

TCB13 , 3 months ago to funny in The US has so much space

You can but it’s not as straightforward as it is in Europe. It varies much from bank to bank.

TCB13 , 3 months ago to funny in The US has so much space

The American mind can’t just comprehend that there’s world besides the USA. Australia, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Finland as many pointed out all have longer routes. Don’t let me get started on Russia or we might end up with a new race between the US and Russia trying to come with the longest road.

Another thing the American mind can’t just comprehend (about Europe) is how someone can drive across multiple countries without ever stopping on checkpoints/border controls/customs and most of time without even exiting/changing highways.

The American mind can’t just comprehend what it is to send money to a friend in another EU country with just a single number. No 3rd party services, no routing and account numbers, no fees, no banking shenanigans. Simply login into your European bank, type the value and the IBAN and the transfer is done. :)

TCB13 OP , 3 months ago to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

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.

TCB13 , 3 months ago to selfhosted in Migrate from nextcloud photo backups to immich?

Did you try out Nextcloud AIO instead of setting it up manually?

Yes, mostly the same.

I agree that NC has a lot of problems. It’s a good example of an application that tries to do everything and unsurprisingly doesn’t do many things truly well. With that said, I was surprised that NC AIO ran well for me despite the horror stories of NC I’d always read

I believe this is a problem of scale, once you get a lot of data and a couple of users things then to go downhill from there.

To make things better NC isn’t polished at all and there’s a lot of moving parts that break randomly at multiple times or at the same time.

My main problems with Syncthing is that there’s no official iOS client and that there’s no easy selective sync

This is kind of the problem with Syncthing for… everyone. What I do with iOS is to avoid syncs, have a central “server” where all your Syncthing devices sync to/from and access everything on iOS through WebDAV/SFTP or FileBrowser running on that server.

TCB13 OP , 3 months ago to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

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

TCB13 OP , 3 months ago to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

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 ;)

TCB13 OP , 3 months ago to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

According to this it as it currently stands you’ve to download all the core, compile than and bundle them with the App. This is very likely to pass the App Store checks depending on a few details.

TCB13 OP , 3 months ago to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

I downloaded it for free. Stop making this about the US 🤣

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.

He’s pushing users onto his new App Store so he’s making apps available there 🤷‍♂️

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.

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?

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.

TCB13 OP , 3 months ago to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

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.

TCB13 OP , 3 months ago to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

I bet you’re living in the US not having this deal with this bullshit. While you’ve access to a free app, I’m (in Europe) required to pay and install a 3rd party store just because some guy decided like it.

TCB13 OP , 3 months ago to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

Why not, Apple allows it, as long as there is no ROMs included it’s okay.

TCB13 OP , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to technology in Riley Testut launches Delta emulator on US App Store (free) - shows middle finger to Europe (payment required)

Do we have to assassinate someone’s character over this?

Yes, he’s acting in very bad faith, he launched Delta on the US App Store and NOT on the EU… Apple approved Delta for distribution and as so it can be distributed in all stores - not only in the US.

This is was a dick move to push EU people into the AltStore. If Apple made alternative app stores available in the US as well then this guy would’ve never published the app on the App Store.

If you want Delta in the EU, download AltStore.

I’m going to say again: AltStore is either payed or requires that constant refresh thing. It doesn’t make sense for make the app free on the US and force EU users to pay…

Testut was supposed to come back home to Apple just because they said so, but I think he did the right thing by sticking to his plans and foiling Apple’s.

… again and how does that work when he only “stick to the plan” in the EU? Why does US users have access to Delta for free while other have to pay?

TCB13 , 3 months ago to linux in If you've recently started experiencing input delay / lag in GNOME Terminal in Ubuntu 22.04

Cmon… how can they not? An animation always takes time, 0.1s is time. As described here there’s even an extension that can speed up animations.