Apple bans vaping apps from the iOS App Store

Re:Apple bans vaping apps from the iOS App Store by wan23 on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:18PM (#21566655)

This is just another warning to avoid being dependent on Apple and the App Store. Imagine being a hardware startup that invested in a mobile app to control your device and then mass produced and marketed that device only to have Apple pull the app without warning.

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Re:Apple bans vaping apps from the iOS App Store by jdgoesmarching on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:41PM (#21566885)

I’m not defending this Apple decision, but in general I’m very tired and annoyed with hardware that insists on unnecessary apps. Especially when they are 5% useful and 95% data mining.

Both Bose and Sony were found to be scraping listener data via their apps. I believe these are both optional for now, but companies keep normalizing apps being required and I’m very uncomfortable with it.

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Re:Apple bans vaping apps from the iOS App Store by swiley on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:47PM (#21566938)

Someone on here a while ago said “protocols and not apps.” That’s definitely the right way to look at things, especially when it involves hardware.

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Re:Apple bans vaping apps from the iOS App Store by nesky on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:47PM (#21566948)

I'm guessing this applies to every type of music app though? Might as well throw Ultimate Ears, JBL, etc etc into the ring too.

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Re:Apple bans vaping apps from the iOS App Store by ninkendo on Monday November 18, 2019 @02:29PM (#21567350)

I can't imagine Apple won't be seeing lawsuits from this.

The PAX app was taken off even though most people use it for dry bud/flower marijuana, which has never been a part of this big vaping health scare. Collateral damage, I guess.

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