There is less and less to see what's new from the guys from Cupertino, news that will be surrounded by complaints from other companies about the App Store business model. We will see new devices, perhaps new packs of digital services, but all the curiosity will circulate around if Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), comment something on all this. Some days ago They renewed the App Store policy, digital game services can now be incorporated like Stadia or Project xCloud, yes, with nuances ... Microsoft has just spoken out and they do so by criticizing these Apple changes ... After the jump we give you all the details of the replica from Microsoft to Apple.
Streaming of games is allowed as long as they meet all guidelines; For example, each game update must be submitted for review, developers must provide the appropriate metadata for searching, games must use in-app purchase to unlock features or functionality, and so on. Of course, there are always web and internet browser applications open to reach all users outside of the App Store.
As you can read in the previous paragraph, the App Store already allows gaming services in «streaming», yes, with certain nuances such as need for these games to also be published on the App Store and downloaded from the Apple store. Something that would not actually be changing the previous model of the App Store. Obviously from Microsoft they already say that they will not make xCloud compatible with iOS, it does not make sense that users have to download all the games from the service, it is as if we had to download the entire Netflix catalog in order to use the service ...
Gamers want to play a game from their selected catalog directly within an app, as they do with movies or songs, and not be forced to download more than 100 apps to play individual games from the cloud. We are committed to putting players at the center of everything we do, and providing a great experience is central to that mission.
We are in a new war of companiesCuriously behind were the controversies over the copying of patents, now everything is based on the new digital business model of companies. The next Apple Keynote will be focused on the presentation of new devices but as I said, Apple should pronounce itself in relation to all these controversies of the App Store.
They are absurd rules that have neither head nor tail. Netflix is not required to send movies and episodes to Apple for "review," or to make an app for each series and movie, or to have payments go through the Apple platform.
I doubt that anyone accepts these conditions, basically because it is what there was but with another name, to see if it works (spoiler alert: it does not filter now, as it did not before).