Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store

Re:Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App S... by young_unixer on Friday January 01, 2021 @04:11PM (#25607185)

> These stories keep coming; they should remind us that nothing is more precious than the open web, and all those stores or walled gardens, their "rules" and vague TOS are the ennemy.

Yes. And the solution is:

1. Creating a viable alternative.

2. Promoting it.

Which is the opposite of what TFA is trying to do: They just want Apple to make an exception for them. Not to solve the root problem.

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Re:Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App S... by rhizome on Friday January 01, 2021 @04:23PM (#25607326)

> Which is the opposite of what TFA is trying to do: They just want Apple to make an exception for them. Not to solve the root problem

They name several apps which would seem to violate the same guideline, at worst they're asking for the same exception Apple has already given to others. An argument can be made that they're snitching on the others, but it's also an argument for consistency that one could say is the root problem.

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