On the subject of iOS runtimes...

[Michael Matthews]

Interesting, for now of course.  Odd that money seems to override principles. :)

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> On 11 Jan 2019, at 00:56, Bastiaan Olij <Bastiaan.Olij at instinctsystems.com.au> wrote:
> 
> HI All,
> 
> 
> A bit of information from an unexpected source about the rules and regulations of Apple regarding runtime languages on iOS:
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/10/unity_cloud_improbable/
> 
> 
> The article above is about a new T&C Unity introduced a month ago that has killed of a bunch of peoples projects. The article then goes into responses from various competing products on the subject and eventually draws a parallel with Apples T&Cs and this is where it gets interesting.
> 
> 
> As we all know Apple made a big deal out of preventing runtime environments on iOS in an attempt to kill off things like flash. The problem here is that all major game engines, Unity, Unreal, Game Maker, Godot, all use scripting languages of sorts to make games run and seeing games on iOS are a rather large portion of Apples income.....
> 
> 
> As the article states:
> ----
> In September that year (2010), after lobbying from developers and game companies, Apple reconsidered and revised the wording of its rules to allow apps created with any development tools so long as the apps didn't download executable code. Apple further relaxed its executable code banin 2017
> ----
> 
> The link to the changes in 2017 is also an interesting read. Apple keeps trying but with the risk of loosing a lot of income from the games industry they have to make concessions. 
> 
> As I understand what is presented here, Apples T&Cs still prohibit running code downloaded after installation of the app (with the notable exception of HTLM5/Javascript) but if the code is part of what is installed and is in a form that can't be modified, seems they'll pass it in their review process. That definitely opens the door for an Omnis runtime on iOS...
> 
> Kindest Regards,
> 
> 
> Bastiaan Olij
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