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[GH-ISSUE #239] [Feature]: Prompt availability on Mac App Store of the game/app that user tries to install #103
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Originally created by @amirsaam on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/issues/239
Is your feature request related to a problem?
No
Describe the solution you'd like
Here is the step by step scenario of what I have in mind:
Anything else?
This feature helps PlayCover to avoid unwanted and unnecessary extra support for apps and games that already are available to download and install as "Designed for iPad/iPhone" through Mac App Store and push the problems related to those such apps and games to the original developers of them.
For example, "Among Us" is available to download from Mac App Store as Designed for iPad and you cannot login to your account with or without PlayCover and login issues are related to the original developer not PlayCover.
So PlayCover can easily avoid problems and issues related to these kind of apps and games with just prompt for user to notice.
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@ZhichGaming commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022):
I support this feature, but I think that most people will still try to use PlayCover because of reasons like broken key mapping on App Store version. I think that we should still help people with those games if we know a solution, since most games installed on PlayCover are marked as made for iPad/iPhone.
@amirsaam commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022):
I think it will avoid any future extra work for real issues.
Broken keymap is not a big concern for PlayCover because you already have the solution but in fact that is a responsibility for the originals devs not you (and the users can install the game/app anyway at their own risk for issues)
I don't think PlayCover has the most apps installed from already released as Designed for iPad/iPhone.
Genshin Impact, LoL: Wild Rift, Pokemon Unite, Instagram, Youtube, Diablo Immortal or etc. have bigger user-bases.
Anyway, at some level you should gain users from apps and games that are not already on Mac App Store because original devs eventually begin fixing their issues. You should focus on support legacy games or not intended for Mac release I think.
@ZhichGaming commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022):
Genshin impact is not designed for iPhone and iPad? But yes, I agree that this feature would stop some people from asking for support.
@amirsaam commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022):
No, they are not released in the Mac App Store as Designed for iPad/iPhone.
Pokemon Unite not Go btw. Go is outdoor based and it's very hard to be played on a Mac :D
That is not the only benefit, it will prevent backlashes from developers too from saying you are stealing users from their Mac App Store, you will show your goodwill to them with just a little prompt.
@ZhichGaming commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022):
Oh oops, I read the wrong Pokémon. Yeah, I didn't think of that since I never saw anyone in the server complaining about that but if that ever happens, we can just reply with this feature.
@amirsaam commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022):
Believe me if some big Mac gaming content creators like MrMacRight starts to promote PlayCover, unfortunately backlashes will come.
@amirsaam commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2022):
If we have a game like Last Day on Earth available on Mac App Store (with all issues it has) why we cannot just download it from App Store and use it under PlayCover with on condition: If it has Designed for iPad/iPhone tag on the store?
Don't you think it would create a long and better future for PlayCover?
@IsaacMarovitz commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2022):
PlayCover needs decrypted apps to work correctly. Apps downloaded from the App Store are encrypted, so this feature would not be possible.
@amirsaam commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2022):
My bad
I thought the same structures of .app package contents are the important things.
Anyway the main feature that I opened issue for is not relative to my latest comment.
@amirsaam commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2022):
@IsaacMarovitz I think there had been misunderstanding about this issue that you closed. My latest comments was not related to the actual requested feature.
@IsaacMarovitz commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2022):
@amirsaam Can you please clarify what the feature you are requesting is?
@amirsaam commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2022):
@IsaacMarovitz let's say you want to install Among Us in PlayCover, while it is available in Mac App Store and is marked with "Designed for iPad" tag, PlayCover should alert user as I described in the original message that it is available in Mac App Store (due to copyright and etc.) but give them option to install it anyway.
@IsaacMarovitz commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2022):
I'm not sure about the utility of this feature. This sort of check would be quite expensive.