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Don't you find the timing of them suddenly allowing emulators suspicious? If it weren't for that alt app store, would the U.S. app store have emulators at all?

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Not a chance. This is Apple making their users stick with the App Store as their only store.

In other words, another example of competitive pressure forcing a company to actually try and win over consumers.

This is private enterprise squirming as regulators are prying them open.

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