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Delta's 10-year journey to the top of the App Store

2024/5/7
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This chapter chronicles the decade-long journey of Riley Testut, creator of the Delta emulator. It details the app's evolution from a high school project to its unexpected success in the Apple App Store, including the challenges faced and strategies employed to overcome Apple's restrictions.
  • Delta emulator's unexpected popularity
  • Use of enterprise certificates and workarounds
  • Apple's changing policies towards emulators
  • The creation of AltStore as an alternative app store
  • The importance of community and user trust
  • Monetization strategies through Patreon

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Today on the flagship podcast of enterprise certificate hacks: 

03:22 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Riley Testut, founder of AltStore and developer of the game emulator app Delta, about how his app finally made it into Apple’s App Store. 

46:17 - David walks us through his experimentation with the many software and hardware solutions for “AI voice notes.” 

1:02:02 - David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about the Rabbit R1. 

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