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Apple Arcade has been a hit with my family and based on these comments from Apple it has achieved what it set out to do. They are not trying to compete with Steam or Game Pass and that makes sense. Apple Arcade is really it's own thing and while it won't be for everyone I certainly appreciate it. I would be happy to pay for it just for Sneaky Sasquatch alone. But there are many other games my kids enjoy on there too. Not having to worry about inappropriate ads or in app purchases is more than worth the few dollars a month it costs. 

Has anyone found other emulators available yet? I was able to download emu64 XL but the game boy emulator is either not available in Australia or has been removed from the App Store. Hopefully a few more options start showing up soon. 

rax_mark said:

So being an Android user, I pirated the show. 

Doesn't that go without saying for most Android users and the content they consume?  

jimh2 said:

The last thing anyone needs is for music to altered from the way the creator intended it to be. It is like editing a movie to fit within a time block or reformatting a 16:9 to fit a 4:3 display. Not what the created intended.

I see it as more the opposite of those examples. Editing a 16:9 movie to fit into 4:3 is taking away from the original film. Same with editing a movie to shorten it and fit within a time block. 

Mastering a song for Spatial Audio is more like digitally restoring or remastering an old film that may have degraded over time or remastering the audio for surround sound. Sure, it won't be exactly the same as the original, but the changes are more to do with additional benefits of modern technology that weren't available at the time of recording. 

It's not always done well though (in music or film) so I can definitely see why you would be concerned. There are times when a song in spatial audio makes the song worse, similar to how many people view the digital changes George Lucas made to the original Star Wars films as making them worse. 

The difference with spatial audio on Apple Music though is you can still listen to the originals if you prefer. For the most part I prefer the Spatial Audio masters but there are a few songs where I feel (for my own personal tastes) that the original is better. 

I was about halfway through the article and started thinking about how Apple is heading down the same path with advertising in the App Store and multiple promo ads on Apple TV before you can watch a show (the one I watched last night had 3 promos before the show started plus a recap!!).