🧵THREAD - iGBA 🧵
Yeah so I think a lot of iOS users have seen that Apple updated their AppStore TOS and people can upload emulators now, and it already happened. This new thing called iGBA launched on the AppStore and oh boy it is full of red flags!
I became aware of this emulator when the creator posted about it on the GBDev server. Later, I noticed a message of someone (I won't upload screenshots, I will respect people's privacy) asking where to get ROMs. I redirected him to Homebrew Hub
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And I did not show him where to download licensed games.
This is when he revealed where he found the Discord server. The emulator links to it. GBDev is not iGBA support. We are not random emulator tech support and we will not provide you with licensed games.
I also saw the gbatemp thread about the emulator where people criticised it for 2 reasons:
It looks like an already existing GBA emulator called GBA4iOS
We talked on the GBDev server about this emulator and the gbatemp thread and @endrift just straight up confirmed the suspicions mentioned in the gbatemp thread. It's literally GBA4iOS. The developer likely just modified it to add ads, trackers and the GBDev link.
So Apple users, don't download this. Wait for better emulators to come out.
Hashtags for people to notice: #gba#gameboy#emulation
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@vl2m@endrift does it actually track location? Mine didn't ask to do that, has no location settings in iPhone Settings and doesn't show any ads. But yes it's definitely Riley Testut's GBA4IOS
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