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Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store by pmarreck on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:12PM (#21149293)
One advantage of not allowing any user to install any software of their choice on their iOS devices is that iPhones do not end up participating in botnets, get crypto-locked with a bitcoin bounty, or otherwise get compromised.

This is a massive advantage which arguably outweighs the disadvantage.

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Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store by noisem4ker on Friday October 04, 2019 @06:04PM (#21162305)
Not getting crypto-locked should be a consequence of a proper sandboxing system, not a consequence of some dictator stating what is allowed and what is forbidden.
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Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store by smsm42 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:15PM (#21149346)
Not for the people of Hong Kong.
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