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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by boudin on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:26AM (#24737458)
That's been a technique that apple have been using quite a bit. Forbid apps to be transparent with their customers around apple rules. This way app users are pissed at the app makers not apple.
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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Saturday October 10, 2020 @02:11PM (#24740720)
The sheer chutzpah of claiming "Apple eats 30% of all charitable donations made on the app" is an irrelevant piece of information to the end-user.

This is the kind of behavior that only comes from a company that knows they can get away with murder, and when that happens, it's time to tighten the screw a bit before things get waaay out of hand.

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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by kossTKR on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:26AM (#24737946)
Can you give any examples of this happening? Not doubting at all.
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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by summerlight on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:35AM (#24737996)
One of the most recent case: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/28/apple-rejects-facebook-app-t...
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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by kossTKR on Saturday October 10, 2020 @07:15AM (#24738148)
Interesting. I have always found NDA stuff some of the grosses legal concepts emerging, and in this case it's not even an agreement, it's pure blackmail.
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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by akudha on Saturday October 10, 2020 @05:48AM (#24737791)
Isn't this the same tactic that govt agencies use? Apple is simply borrowing the idea
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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by boudin on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:07AM (#24737859)
And? It's not an excuse.
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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by akudha on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:53AM (#24738064)
I never said it is an excuse.
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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by halter73 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:49AM (#24738047)
Are you referring to gag orders related to ongoing criminal investigations or something else?
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