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I think it means an attempt to read data from other apps, which wouldn’t really apply. Separately: There are comic book readers that allow the user to upload comic book files to their devices, so I don’t think it’s the file handling by itself. It’s probably very much the “changes features or functionality” but. Thinking about it, I suppose they don’t want people creating a piece of wrapper software to execute other software that hasn’t been assessed for content. I don’t know. Maybe we’ll all learn from this process!

I’m really happy about this development and have been eagerly anticipating it for some time. I sincerely hope that it will be available on the App Store soon. However, even if it isn’t, their effort is really appreciated. The fact that it is already available via TestFlight is fantastic! I still have iDos installed on my iPad which was approved and later removed from the Store. It allows me to run MI1 & 2, but not CMI. Going through Apple TOS, this is the clause that will most likely cause problems (the one used to take down iDos): https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ Technically speaking, ScummVM does not execute code, it interprets it. However, Apple can easily argue otherwise. Also, not really sure what “designated container area” means.

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I am guessing (sadly) that Apple’s understanding of an emulator is as simple as ‘thing that sits between game and player to make it work on system’. Technicalities aside, ScummVM has that in common with any emulator, and so whatever drove Apple to decide against emulators I imagine would still apply. I can see a world in which a game and ScummVM are bundled together as an app and sold, similar to what is done on Steam except perhaps a bit more locked down so you can’t run other games on it. That’d need a publisher though, so unless that’s what this recent Zoom Platform shilling is all about, probably brings us back to Disney.

Your move Aaron Giles!