Apple updated the guidelines for its App Store to say that streaming game services—examples of which it has previously blocked from Microsoft and Google—are permitted on iOS devices. But the rules are likely to be unpalatable to the makers of the game streaming services. The rules codify conditions that Apple had already set more informally for the category of apps, which allow people to play...
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New App Store Rules Still Leave Streaming Game Services in Limbo
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