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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by sneak on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:50PM (#39135862)
The real worry is not the commercial angle, but the fact that centralized censorship of apps will remain.

Apple will retain the ability to shut off protest or encrypted communications/news/social apps, even when distributed outside of their store, by revoking the signatures.

This is a threat to a free society, not just a threat to Apple’s price-gouging revenue.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by endisneigh on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:56PM (#39135936)
Use websites.
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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by sneak on Friday January 26, 2024 @08:55PM (#39151593)
Websites can’t notify except via centralized Apple systems that can still censor.
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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by endisneigh on Saturday January 27, 2024 @07:48AM (#39155089)
Use email
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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by sneak on Saturday January 27, 2024 @11:41AM (#39157016)
Email isn’t end to end encrypted.
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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by endisneigh on Saturday January 27, 2024 @12:40PM (#39157776)
So? You can notify regardless.
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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by threeseed on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:59PM (#39135966)
Apple made it clear that they will not revoke apps for the content they provide only if they are used for malware or viruses.

Given that they have not behaved similar with macOS we should assume the same here.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by andersa on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:26PM (#39136258)
It doesn't matter what they "made clear". Apple is not the government. They should not have the ability to do anything.
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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by p_l on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:28PM (#39136288)
Apple did so in the past, and made artificial problems whenever it wanted.
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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by TravisCooper on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:55PM (#39135919)
This is the correct take. Well said.
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