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Apple iOS 8.1 will block emulator apps and vaunted 'date trick'

article published on 9 October, 2014

It seems that if you are a current iOS user who likes to play classic games via game emulators, your time with those games is running short. The new update will kill the "date trick" loophole that allowed anyone to install third-party emulators and unapproved apps by rolling back the date on the iPad or iPhone. Reads the post from GBA4iOS, a popular Game Boy emulator app that required ... [ read the full article ]

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dEwMe
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_ 		9. October 2014 @ 13:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The evil empire strikes again...

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Just my $0.02,

dEwMe
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ThePastor
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_ 		9. October 2014 @ 15:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why is it that every new "feature" by Apple is some kind of restriction?
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Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
Bozobub
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_ 		9. October 2014 @ 23:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is EXACTLY what iOS adopters were warned about, re: "walled gardens". Enjoy!
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mightyzog
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_ 		10. October 2014 @ 19:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Big deal!!! So we are supposed to cry crocodile tears for the 0.001 % of all iPhone users who can't circumvent Apples "walled garden". Why is this such a big deal since you guys seem to hate apple hardware and software. If android is soo much better then this shouldn't be an issue at all. If you wanna use an emulator on an idevice, don't update(stay at iOS 7) or get an old iPhone 4 which can't get the iOS 8 update, problem solved!!!

It's kinda funny how many iPhone users there are(that this is a problem at all).....Since there are so many negatives to owning an iPhone, right hearme0 and Bozobub.
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Bozobub
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_ 		10. October 2014 @ 20:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You shouldn't HAVE to bypass a walled garden; it simply should not exist in the 1st place. Nor do the majority of iOS users jailbreak their devices (.001% unjailbroken, my tukhus), and for that matter, jailbreaking your iDevice will not allow these emulators to run, as the article notes (you still had to use the "date trick" to do so, and that is now ineffective). You can install them, but they still will not work, period. Real cute, that. And are you suggesting a "solution" of never updating your OS - a serious security risk, for one - or using outdated hardware and wanting to be taken seriously..?! Wow. Problem NOT solved, homes. Not in the slightest.

Your response is quite telling, in that you apparently interpret any criticism of Apple hardware/software as "hate"; this is pretty much the defining trait of a "fanboi"/"fangrrl". I'll reiterate, I do not hate either and yes, there are some nice things about Apple hardware and software. But paying more for the privilege of artificial limits and draconian crap like we see here isn't an advantage, no matter how you try to spin it as such.

Oh, a hint: It's not Android users that are complaining about this change to to iOS - lol.
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mightyzog
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_ 		10. October 2014 @ 21:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The .001% I was referring to was the people using emulators not unjailbroken idevice users.... You misread it. I'm not about to feel sorry for people who find a need to circumvent software to run programs that are not intended to run on this hardware(yes the change date trick is a circumvention)

It's hard not to believe the criticism of Apple is "hate".... When every other comment in these forums is"I hate apple" or "crapple" or "isheep". These are not people who like anything apple( I have been reading comments from these forums for a lot longer than I have actually posted and you seem to be very level headed and very well informed. I respect most of your comments and opinions... Even if I disagree with some of them.)
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megadunderhead
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_ 		12. October 2014 @ 00:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
do you notice most people that love emulators use android no jailbreaking required and they run really smooth
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Bozobub
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_ 		12. October 2014 @ 11:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Mightyzog, the software IS intended to run on iOS; it's just that Apple doesn't want it to; let's be perfectly clear on that. And just because YOU don't see a need to run any given program, simply has no bearing on the large number of people who do.

I put it to you: Why is it OK for Apple to do this? It's not as if they've restricted only emulators, after all. And their attack on free software is also hard to ignore.
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qazwiz
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_ 		12. October 2014 @ 14:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by megadunderhead:
 do you notice most people that love emulators use android no jailbreaking required and they run really smooth
SOON TO COME: "All people who want to still play games they played years ago will use Android devices"

a point made earlier needs to be reiterated
IT AINT ANDROID USERS THAT ARE COMPLAINING

also note: Apple sales are down 9% from last year... Just saying....

also it is rumored that if you don't like the color of your brick that there are five new colors for you to choose if you need to buy another $600 brick
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DXR88
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_ 		12. October 2014 @ 16:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by qazwiz:
Originally posted by megadunderhead:
 do you notice most people that love emulators use android no jailbreaking required and they run really smooth
SOON TO COME: "All people who want to still play games they played years ago will use Android devices"

a point made earlier needs to be reiterated
IT AINT ANDROID USERS THAT ARE COMPLAINING

also note: Apple sales are down 9% from last year... Just saying....

also it is rumored that if you don't like the color of your brick that there are five new colors for you to choose if you need to buy another $600 brick
low quality gold brick incrusted with blood diamonds, coming soon at a low low price of $10,000
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