EDIT: While that seems super sarcastic. Consider this: Game streaming services are in the end just a gateway app to games, in the same way the browser is a gateway to the internet. Furthermore apple already did hinder "browserish" gateways, like apps which are a gateway to more ergonomically reading word-press blogs or message apps which where gateways to a federated "internet of messaging".
If the client app is only used to access content also owned, curated or managed by the client app vendor, then the client app vendor is on the hook for that content. Audible falls in this category, even though it’s superficially similar to a podcast app, because the app client vendor also owns or curates all the content. Sure there are some odd edge cases, but games streaming services pretty clearly fall into this category, and not the same category as web browsers.
You mean like Amazon's Luna game streaming service, which will run in Safari as Apple worked with them to provide the necessary support in webkit?
let's be honest, Apple dopes it for money not for users, blocking XBOX will not protect anyone , Apple wants a big cut or even better they want to sell their own gaming service in future.
Yes of course this is about money.
The simple and consistent principle Apple applies is “how much negotiating leverage does this app developer have?”
If it’s rating you talk about then again both of them are rated.
Unironically, I think that this could happen soon.
That sounds crazy, but here me out. Pretty recently there was an announcement regarding a streamer service, that would allow people to play Fortnite, from their phone, through a mobile safari
So, in order to block fortnite form being played on an iPhone, Apple would literally have to do what you are suggesting.
Apple has always clearly stated that this is perfectly fine on websites, just not in apps.
Alright, and fortnite is now going to be playable with in web browser purchases, on the safari web browser pretty soon.
So the purchases, without going through Apple, are going to happen on the iPhone, as well as the playing of fortnite on the iPhone.
And Apple would have to prevent certain websites, if they wanted to stop those purchases that go outside of Apple's app system.
So no, they are not going to block websites.
It is their platform and ultimately they have a right to determine what apps they do or do not approve. Whether it's streaming or not is completely irrelevant.