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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

Do you own an iPhone? Oh, hey, you helped ICE.

Yes, you did.

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 37 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Fuck the app just make it web based

[–] G0ldenSp00n@lemmy.jacaranda.club 22 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

And then Android could use it too, so many apps should just be websites.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 16 hours ago

Hasn't the developer been proven to be kind of a dick. Wasn't there some story a while ago about how they weren't really handling the data in the most secure method (Which given the subject matter is kind of the whole point).

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[–] ryoshu@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago

Rebrand it with the same tech as something like "Friend Sightings!" It's not a 1A violation because Apple banned it, it is a 1A violation because the government made them ban it.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is what sideloading is supposed to prevent

[–] mutant_zz@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago

Brings new meaning to Google's decision to (effectively) block side loading on Android

[–] Kalon@lemmy.world 107 points 1 day ago (48 children)
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[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 48 points 1 day ago (9 children)

People are so stupid in this country. Do what the EU did and make it law that they have to offer sideloading and other app stores and payment methods.

It should be the law to begin with. This walled garden shit is really just another word for controlling what the user does with the device they purchased and not allowing them to do business with anybody else exclusively to add software without apple's approval and protection racket fee.

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 day ago

Everything is about control. The internet was left open by accident for a while and they are working hard to "fix" it. They are just trying to be slightly less obvious about it than China was. All of the forced AI tools, required apps and stuff like that are just ways to move users away from the open web.

Once most users restrict their Internet usage to ONLY content provided by the large companies (for example, once people no longer click on any Google result), then Internet providers will start granting access to the content from large companies for free and charge a lot more for access to anything else.

In 10, maybe 20 years, we will be needing to tell our internet providers when we change jobs so that they may change which "custom" internet services we get to have access to specifically for work.

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[–] fdnomad@programming.dev 56 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Was there any reason to make this an ios app as opposed to a website hosted outside the US? I'm really not surprised by the removal. What did they expect? All the Tech CEOs came to the inauguration with bags of cash.

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[–] GrantsGhost@piefed.zip 67 points 1 day ago (8 children)

With this and Google stopping side loading in Android, I’m going to be looking hard into Linux phones.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Back in the aughts I was an apple fanboy. Later they no longer had the edge but I won't say it was completely not an option. Now it is completely not an option.

[–] tatann@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Just in case, if you're (still) a Nintendo, Sony, Tesla, Disney, Spotify, ... fan, it's not too late to change your mind about them too :)

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

Totally agree, but what to do? Just forsake all entertainment, media, and technology at this point?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago
[–] tatann@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

There are a lot of alternatives to these corpos

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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

I've cut those out, except tesla because I never had one, and never will

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[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Being constantly tracked is for the plebs, not the Elites or their enforcers.

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