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Apple has never been pro-free-speech. They have historically censored people in their marketplace from distributing software that disagrees with their political
by cyphar 9y ago
Apple has never been pro-free-speech. They have historically censored people in their marketplace from distributing software that disagrees with their political views. For example, they would not allow software that provides factual information about abortions and where to get them in their marketplace -- while at the same time they would allow software from "crisis pregnancy centers"[1] that frequently lie to women and make incorrect claims about dangerous risks of abortions.
It boggles my mind that anyone could think Apple is somehow a vanguard of free speech. Their iThings are jails, they restrict what software you can run on them and they are the final arbiter on what software is allowed. What aspect of that is in keeping with free speech?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_pregnancy_center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_pregnancy_center