AppStories, Episode 382 – A Roomful of Suits: AltStore and Delta with Riley Testut

This week on AppStories, we are joined by Riley Testut for a conversation about the history of AltStore from side-loaded app to official alternative app marketplace in the EU and Delta’s dominance of the Top Free App chart in the US and elsewhere..

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An Interview with Riley Testut

AltStore

AltStore

AltStore PAL

Delta

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Follow Riley and Shane’s work:

Riley and Shane’s Patreon

Riley Testut on Mastodon and Threads

Shane Gill on Mastodon and Threads

MacStories coverage:

The Delta Videogame Emulator Launches on the App Store

How to Load Your Game Boy Games Onto the iPhone to Play in the Delta Emulator

Game On: Speed Running Game Emulation on iOS

Emulators Will Change the App Store Forever

Other coverage:

Apple’s still thinking about the Core Technology Fee in Europe

The game emulator your phone has been missing

Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in Europe

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