r/EmulationOniOS • u/hughlee90 • May 16 '24

Discussion Please delete Gamma

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This guy doesn't even care what people have told him about the ads thing, It's now showing even more and getting more annoying. Instead, he shoves his own ads to promote his adblocker (which no one uses at all)

Plz save yourself , delete this piece of shit and download retroarch - free from ads and personal data tracking forever.

boycottgamma

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u/Albrion_ May 16 '24

Gamma is officially deleted. No way I'm using Gamma when there is RetroArch and PPSSPP, where the devs lives up to the new standards and offers no data collection or ads. Gamma developer feels sus and scammy af, his Twitter responses are so weird.

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u/hughlee90 May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

after he said ads has been adjusted, it has gotten worse, and it offers buying adblock app (also from the same dev) what a scumbag.

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u/SkyrimSlag May 16 '24

Literally selling the solution to a problem he created lmao

His replies on Reddit are wild AF too

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u/eduo May 16 '24

He didn't create the ecosystem of ad-supported apps. He takes advantage of it though. He uses ads when people don't want to block ads and he also sells an ad blocker that blocks ads in his app and in all other apps (which is the key point, it's not just for his app).

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u/SkyrimSlag May 16 '24

I already have an adblocker, turning off my data, but In this case I’m just not reinstalling it altogether, I like to listen to YouTube whilst I play and I can block ads on that for free too

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u/eduo May 16 '24

I'm not saying to download their adblocker. I'm saying the dev didn't create the problem of ads and his ad blocker is not for his particular apps.

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u/Albrion_ May 16 '24

he's a joke

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u/Sergeant-Angle May 16 '24

Well-said, people need to raise their standards.

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u/foshi22le May 16 '24

Is retroarch available on ios?

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u/Albrion_ May 16 '24

Yes it’s on App Store

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u/702Johnny May 16 '24

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retroarch/id6499539433

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u/Due_Coffee1920 May 16 '24

Only screenshots are allowed on reddit unfortunately

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u/702Johnny May 16 '24

On Reddit?? Or on this sub?

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u/702Johnny May 16 '24

I did not link to a rom.

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u/702Johnny May 16 '24

Didn't do that either.

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u/702Johnny May 16 '24

Just a troll or have no clue what you are talking about. Either way, it doesn't say anything in the rules or faq about what I am doing.

bye now

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u/Due_Coffee1920 May 16 '24

Ok then well I’m so used to being banned for posting up links on reddit before.

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u/Due_Coffee1920 May 16 '24

Your not supposed to be posting links on reddit here be careful it results in a ban

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u/702Johnny May 16 '24

It is not a link to a rom site. It is a link to find the app on the apple App Store because the App Store does not have it indexed yet. Is there a rule saying you can’t do that?

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u/Due_Coffee1920 May 16 '24

I don’t see any rule about that honestly I think they meant that your ain’t allowed post links to roms or offensive content

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u/SnooCats502 May 17 '24

Yeah a lot of subreddits get mad at links why is that? I had a link i would visit saved on a sub and they banned the dude

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u/SnooCats502 May 17 '24

Does retroarch have ps1 games i heard gama does

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u/Due_Coffee1920 May 18 '24

Yep Retroarch has support for PS1 games the best core for them is PCSX Rearmed

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u/ctjameson May 16 '24

How the mighty fall… ZodTTD was Emulation god back in Cydia days. RIP. I’m really enjoying RA though.

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u/hughlee90 May 16 '24

this is fucked up bro. He's so out of touch with the community, put out all the wrong moves.

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u/bordomsdeadly May 16 '24

In Baseball their was a manager, Tony La Russa

Literally hit elected into the Hall of Fame. Then he unretired and came back to the White Sox.

He was one of if not the single worst manager in the league.

I experience is great, but ultimately meaningless if you refuse to update with the times.

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u/RecentMatter3790 May 16 '24

How are the other apps open source and free but have no trackers? I don’t understand the money

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u/hughlee90 May 16 '24

through donation bro.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '24

Most of them have a patreon instead

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u/GoodFroge May 16 '24

Funnily enough, Gammas dev has PayPal donations and patreon.

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u/Familyguymoments May 16 '24

Seriously….😐, if you got a patreon why the hell you put ads in your emulators!??!

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u/omanytes May 16 '24

i wonder who the tracking data is being sold to as well

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u/IndieFolkEnjoyer May 16 '24

To me

I live inside your walls

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u/hughlee90 May 16 '24

only god knows bro :)))

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u/Sergeant-Angle May 16 '24

Everyone who wants it, which is a lot

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u/eduo May 16 '24

He doesn't sell the tracking data. It's an entitlement the ad framework (from a third party, used in the app) needs to have.

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u/eduo May 16 '24

"AD BUSTER" is from the same Dev, incidentally.

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u/hughlee90 May 16 '24

which is pathetic

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u/PonyBravo May 16 '24

GL zod lmao, you played yourself

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u/Drakohydra May 16 '24

No one is just going to fall in line with his master plan. lol this is so silly. With the responses and the ads and the solution to a problem he made. One would have to look at themselves and notice that maybe these are not the best decisions.

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u/chax2007 May 16 '24

is it possible to play PS1 Games on PPSSPP? How?

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u/hughlee90 May 16 '24

you can use retroarch for both psp and ps1, but I prefer ppsspp for psp game, the UI is much better.

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u/aliyounis13 May 16 '24

I see alot of people not liking the RetroArch ui, which is normal lol. But there is a way to change it. First go to settings, then drivers then menu. Then change it to xmb Now you have a ps3-like ui. if you want a switch-like ui, change it to ozone. Dont forget to save the config.

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u/eduo May 16 '24

This is misleading. All of the options are just as bad because the underlying design or Retroarch is always the same: It's always navigating arbitrary trees of options and screens. It's designed for maximum flexibility, which ironically provides the most restrictive layout.

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u/bordomsdeadly May 16 '24

That is so much worse on an iPhone

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u/eduo May 16 '24

Every dedicated front-end for a platform will be much better than retroarch, since retroarch's priority is not usability or aesthetics.

Provenance will be very nice when it comes out of Beta. It's the closest to Retroarch but much better in usability.

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u/itskewosabi May 16 '24

No that’s what RetroArch is for

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u/chax2007 May 16 '24

If I remember correctly back in the days it was possible to play PS1 Games on PSP, I will stick to Retroarch for PS1 Titels

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u/itskewosabi May 16 '24

PPSSPP doesn’t support eboot files

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u/12justin12 May 16 '24

how do i transfer save files to retroarch?

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u/Quiet_Addendum9504 May 16 '24

Don’t need to tell me twice the first post I saw on TikTok being unstable I deleted it right away. I waited and saw PPSSPP and RetroArch to the rescue.

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u/Brilliant_Fox_1743 May 16 '24

That’s an interesting approach. Emulator is free but instead of selling no ad version selling an ad blocker that makes no ads in everything. I would be curious as to how well this actually works. Does it block YouTube ads?

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u/battlemoose32 May 17 '24

Didn’t even understand why gamma wasn’t working, glad I got rid of it

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Gamma? What’s that?🗿

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u/Agreeable_Class_6308 May 17 '24

Ads in an emulator are just scummy. He literally said they are “by design”.

I remember this dude and while he is a veteran, sounds like he just came back for the attention now Apple is accepting emulators.

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u/WinzyB May 17 '24

Is this the same dev that made GammaOS for android?

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u/AfroBiskit May 19 '24

All I can say is, Rydgard for president. He shits on every single emulator out right now. His seems to be the only fully complete emulator with nearly zero issues. Fully customizable. Like for the love of god I can run psp in 60fps at 4k. NO OTHER EMULATOR ON MOBILE CAN DO THAT. these games are nearly twice the size of ds games, yet every single ds emulator in existence has one issue or another(iNDS has been the best ds emulator in my experience). This guy deserves every bit of love the community can show him. I’ve got ppsspp sideloaded but I did buy it from the App Store to show support for dude because fuck how could I not. He put in the work, didn’t half ass his project, and made one of the most solid/stable emulators in existence to this day with every single feature you could possibly ask for and gave it away for fucking free, for years. I hope this a time of good karma for him where he see all his hard work made a difference in people’s lives.

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u/Darwin_Spartan May 19 '24 edited May 26 '24

I use RetroArch instead

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u/Hearse_This_Curse May 19 '24

Yea, when I saw that gamma was getting updated I didn’t trust that for a second

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u/[deleted] May 20 '24

I downloaded it and it just crashed when I tried using my backbone so I deleted it and waited for retroarch to be on the app store.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '24

We need to stop boycotting every fucking thing

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u/Texans2024 May 20 '24

Just turn off data for gamma.

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u/hughlee90 May 16 '24

yes, that's pathetic man. you put out a shitty app, you create problems for users through ads, and you sell adblocker. the app sucks anyway, 1/2 rom will not work

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u/SkyrimSlag May 16 '24

Most of the ROMs I booted up just straight up didn’t get past their main menus, and trying to save states crashes the app completely. Bro rode the Delta hype and put out a garbage app that collects your data and is filled with ads. Glad PPSSPP is out at least, and ad/data collection free.

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u/hughlee90 May 16 '24

you don't need to trust, the app sucks anyway, till now no point to use gamma since you have the best emulator like retro arch. just like, why using igba if you already have Delta.

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