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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by concinds on Monday June 20, 2022 @01:47PM (#31813275)
> Apple has absolutely no way to police content outside of the App Store

Wrong and naive. They have no direct way. Plenty of indirect ways.

> How did Apple ruin the Tumblr site?

Taleb's minority rule. Also read tumblr insiders' accounts of the porn ban that lay the blame much more on Apple than mainstream reporting does.

> Why hasn’t pornhub met the same

If Twitter/tumblr/reddit had no app, their mobile engagement would halve or worse. Not true for Pornhub.

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by parkingrift on Monday June 20, 2022 @06:03PM (#31816697)
>If Twitter/tumblr/reddit had no app, their mobile engagement would halve or worse. Not true for Pornhub.

This fails at even cursory inspection. Reddit thrived for many years without an app. In fact Reddit has ruined their own website so that they can push/force people to their mobile app. The website is so popular that Reddit considers it a problem. A problem because it’s harder to monetize a website than a mobile app.

>Taleb's minority rule. Also read tumblr insiders' accounts of the porn ban that lay the blame much more on Apple than mainstream reporting does.

I’m sure the insiders at a failed business have everyone to blame but themselves.

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