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According to a report from The Verge, Apple told developers that retro PC emulators run afoul of the App Store's App Review Guidelines, section 4.7. These are the same rules that have proven so problematic for services that stream games from external servers. Though it now explicitly allows "game emulators" and "retro game console emulator apps," that privilege apparently does not extend to apps that emulate more utilitarian software like DOS and Windows.
The developers of iDOS 3 and the UTM SE virtual machine both had their app submissions rejected, and social media posts indicate that Apple took exception to the programs specifically because they weren't "emulators of retro game consoles." The fact that both of these programs can and often are used to play PC games over 30 years old doesn't seem to enter into the equation.
Apple was characteristically unhelpful in nailing down the guidelines. Would a Commodore 64 count as a console or a PC? Apparently t
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