Delta's 10-year journey to the top of the App Store | The Vergecast
230The 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.
Then, David walks us through his experimentation with the many software and hardware solutions for “AI voice notes.”
Later, we answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline about the Rabbit R1.
Further reading:
The free Delta game emulator for iPhones is live on Apple’s App Store: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24132984/delta-free-emulator-nintendo-gba-n64-iphone-app-store-us
Delta is the game emulator your iPhone has been missing: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/21/24135953/delta-emulator-airchat-limitless-ai-nothing-eara-installer-newsletter
Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in Europe: https://www.theverge.com/24100464/altstore-pal-dma-eu-launch-delta-nintendo-emulator-clip-clipboard-manager
Rabbit R1 review: nothing to see here: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/2/24147159/rabbit-r1-review-ai-gadget
Cleft Notes is an AI voice notes app that really works: https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/31/24116047/cleft-notes-ai-voice-spider-verse-short-steve-believers-installer-newsletter
00:00 - Intro
02:15 The Journey of Delta: from high school project to App Store phenomenon
09:13 The birth and evolution of AltStore
29:15 Reacting to Apple's third-party App Store plans
43:05 Experimenting with AI voice notes
57:35 Rabbit R1 questions (Vergecast Hotline)
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