As the author I was shocked to see it out there, and seeing my emotions out there like that made me feel something, I'm not sure what. But ultimately I am happy that this conversation is finally happening. I have a good feeling things are going to change for the better soon.

> I have a good feeling things are going to change for the better soon.

I hope you're right.

What do you think will happen? Apple will be forced to allow other app stores on iOS?

Not really. In an open society, courts and government bodies will sometimes have to make private things public if there's a compelling public-interest reason for doing so. That's needed for public oversight, and all that can be asked is that reasonable actions are taken to minimize any private harm.

In this case, the email was redacted to hide the identity of its author, so I don't there's any real problem with making it public.

People sometimes give the advice "Never write in an email what you wouldn't want to see on the front page of a newspaper".

I guess the hacker news frontpage is close enough.

Apple shares your communication with them with the public?!? What happened to privacy?!? Sue them! Do it now! /s