News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in Belarus. Parent comment

Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by pleasebegood on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:12AM (#24737389)
There is already a precedent for apple to not allow apps that doesn't align with its content policies even if user generated. Anything NSFW is not allowed by default and without explicit warnings. Porn is not allowed. Drug stores are not allowed. Gab is not allowed. Imageboards aren't. Why would this be different?

Apple owns the app store and the iOS platform. They have a duty to protect their customers from clicking on unsightly and wrongful content. Customers expect that from apple. I wouldn't want any kid to end up accessing this channel on telegram.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by graynk on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:08AM (#24737860)
> They have a duty to protect their customers from clicking on unsightly and wrongful content

They don't.

> Customers expect that from apple

They shouldn't

> I wouldn't want any kid to end up accessing this channel on telegram.

It's parent's duty to protect their kid however they see fit, not Apple's.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by baybal2 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:27AM (#24737460)
> clicking on content

If you believe democracy to be unsightly and wrongful, then your believes are reactionary, and must be subject to rectification.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by pleasebegood on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:30AM (#24737469)
In which world is democracy doxing and planning violence against people?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by FireBeyond on Saturday October 10, 2020 @01:37PM (#24740488)
Against people who, by all intents have literally sabotaged an election and installed themselves as authoritarian rulers?

Somehow in your definition democracy is something only allowed to happen organically, if forcefully torn from you by corruption and guns, "oh well".

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by baybal2 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:40AM (#24737522)
In this one
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by Dylan16807 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @05:35PM (#24742036)
This argument is completely undermined by Safari.
[ Parent | on HN ]