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Wow, surprised this hasn’t generated more coverage. They’ve turned a giant chunk of their userbase, likely completely unknown to a majority of users who underst
by giobox 8y ago
Wow, surprised this hasn’t generated more coverage. They’ve turned a giant chunk of their userbase, likely completely unknown to a majority of users who understandably won’t read the small print, into snitches/whistleblowers.
This presumably also inadvertently returns the home address of anyone opening the app while watching a game in their own living room? Not a huge stretch to move from pursuing public places without the correct licensing to pursuing individuals for pirate streams.
> "It also specifies that the feature is only deployed in its Android app."
Probably because this nonsense would cause a hellstorm in App Review on iOS.
- Moru 8y agoIt was even on the news in Sweden so it has generated some coverage at least.
- dsl 8y ago> Probably because this nonsense would cause a hellstorm in App Review on iOS. Or because it wouldn't be approved in the first place. Say what you want about walled gardens, but at least someone is policing the ecosystem.
- eneveu 8y agoI think that's what he meant by "App Review": "App Review - We review all apps and app updates submitted to the App Store in an effort to determine whether they are reliable, perform as expected, and are free of offensive material." https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/