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Removal of an app is not enabling the violation of human rights. Now if Apple turned over the name and address of every person who had the app, that'd be the en
by Aloha 7y ago
Removal of an app is not enabling the violation of human rights. Now if Apple turned over the name and address of every person who had the app, that'd be the enabling of violating human rights.
- scarface74 7y agoEspecially seeing the app doesn’t do anything that the website can’t do.
- kerkeslager 7y agoDid you visit the website? It's hella slow. I imagine the app cached a lot of the map data locally and used a native renderer.
- scarface74 7y agoIsn't that more of implementation detail? I've seen a few browser based game demos that work well on the iPhone and caching can also be done on mobile. While an app may be better for low end Android phones from an optimization standpoint, there are no "low end" iPhones that have been introduced since 2013 that wouldn't have a decent enough processor to handle a web based, optimized app. I don't believe that more people -- especially on HN -- are focusing less on the web as a means to get around the "wall garden" than focusing on sideloading.
- kerkeslager 7y ago> Removal of an app is not enabling the violation of human rights. Now if Apple turned over the name and address of every person who had the app, that'd be the enabling of violating human rights. This is the line you want to draw? "I didn't help them tear gas the protestors, I just made it harder for protestors to avoid being tear gassed?"
- dkonofalski 7y agoThat is an incredibly flawed statement. Apple's not the one putting any barricades up. The Chinese government is.
- computerex 7y agoNo, it's Apple. The Chinese government is crying, and Apple, being the spineless company that it is, buckled under the slightest bit of pressure. Apple removed the app from their app store. Apple is in complete control of what apps are in there.