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> Amaroq developer John Gabelmann banned Gab to avoid potential problems with the App Store. From Amaroq's app store and github repo: "Amaroq is a lightweight
by deogeo 7y ago
> Amaroq developer John Gabelmann banned Gab to avoid potential problems with the App Store.
From Amaroq's app store and github repo: "Amaroq is a lightweight universal client for any Mastodon instance!". So that is now a lie, and should be changed to "for Mastodon instances that will not invite conflict with Apple's policy".
Worse than just censorship, is hiding it, so that users are unable to seek out censored stuff, since the very fact that it's censored is deliberately kept from them. It is a direct attempt to control users, and I see no reason it couldn't be described as hostile.