diff --git a/osu.Game/Updater/SimpleUpdateManager.cs b/osu.Game/Updater/SimpleUpdateManager.cs
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-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
-// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
-
-using System;
-using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using osu.Framework;
-using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
-using osu.Framework.Platform;
-using osu.Game.Online.API;
-using osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Updater
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// An update manager that shows notifications if a newer release is detected.
-    /// Installation is left up to the user.
-    /// </summary>
-    public partial class SimpleUpdateManager : UpdateManager
-    {
-        private string version = null!;
-
-        [Resolved]
-        private GameHost host { get; set; } = null!;
-
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuGameBase game)
-        {
-            version = game.Version;
-        }
-
-        protected override async Task<bool> PerformUpdateCheck()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                var releases = new OsuJsonWebRequest<GitHubRelease>("https://api.github.com/repos/ppy/osu/releases/latest");
-
-                await releases.PerformAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                var latest = releases.ResponseObject;
-
-                // avoid any discrepancies due to build suffixes for now.
-                // eventually we will want to support release streams and consider these.
-                version = version.Split('-').First();
-                string latestTagName = latest.TagName.Split('-').First();
-
-                if (latestTagName != version && tryGetBestUrl(latest, out string? url))
-                {
-                    Notifications.Post(new SimpleNotification
-                    {
-                        Text = $"A newer release of osu! has been found ({version} → {latestTagName}).\n\n"
-                               + "Click here to download the new version, which can be installed over the top of your existing installation",
-                        Icon = FontAwesome.Solid.Download,
-                        Activated = () =>
-                        {
-                            host.OpenUrlExternally(url);
-                            return true;
-                        }
-                    });
-
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                // we shouldn't crash on a web failure. or any failure for the matter.
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        private bool tryGetBestUrl(GitHubRelease release, [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? url)
-        {
-            url = null;
-            GitHubAsset? bestAsset = null;
-
-            switch (RuntimeInfo.OS)
-            {
-                case RuntimeInfo.Platform.Windows:
-                    bestAsset = release.Assets?.Find(f => f.Name.EndsWith(".exe", StringComparison.Ordinal));
-                    break;
-
-                case RuntimeInfo.Platform.macOS:
-                    string arch = RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture == Architecture.Arm64 ? "Apple.Silicon" : "Intel";
-                    bestAsset = release.Assets?.Find(f => f.Name.EndsWith($".app.{arch}.zip", StringComparison.Ordinal));
-                    break;
-
-                case RuntimeInfo.Platform.Linux:
-                    bestAsset = release.Assets?.Find(f => f.Name.EndsWith(".AppImage", StringComparison.Ordinal));
-                    break;
-
-                case RuntimeInfo.Platform.iOS:
-                    if (release.Assets?.Exists(f => f.Name.EndsWith(".ipa", StringComparison.Ordinal)) == true)
-                        // iOS releases are available via testflight. this link seems to work well enough for now.
-                        // see https://stackoverflow.com/a/32960501
-                        url = "itms-beta://beta.itunes.apple.com/v1/app/1447765923";
-
-                    break;
-
-                case RuntimeInfo.Platform.Android:
-                    if (release.Assets?.Exists(f => f.Name.EndsWith(".apk", StringComparison.Ordinal)) == true)
-                        // on our testing device using the .apk URL causes the download to magically disappear.
-                        url = release.HtmlUrl;
-
-                    break;
-            }
-
-            url ??= bestAsset?.BrowserDownloadUrl;
-            return url != null;
-        }
-    }
-}