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> if an app was doing what is alleged here, they should be banned Yep, I also believe that would be in violation of Google/Apple ToS and they would be happy t
by akersten 6y ago
> if an app was doing what is alleged here, they should be banned
Yep, I also believe that would be in violation of Google/Apple ToS and they would be happy to ban it.
> I'm sure they are provisions to do so without a vote of Congress.
I highly doubt it, and I am waiting to be shown otherwise.
- onetimemanytime 6y ago>>I highly doubt it, and I am waiting to be shown otherwise. I showed it to you, Huawei. USA gives a LOT of power to the President, sanctions, bans etc etc.
- akersten 6y agoPreventing the purchase and import of physical equipment into the US is a lot different than preventing the import of code/speech. I fully understand the former is allowed, but I highly doubt the president possesses the authority to do the latter.
- iso947 6y agoThe US prevented the export of code/speech for decades, in fact I’m fairly sure it’s illegal to import recordings of certain speech.
- busymom0 6y agoThis has been the case since the launch of the App Store. It’s not new. When uploading an app to Apple App Store, you have to do disclosures about cryptography exports.
- akersten 6y agoWhile I still vehemently believe the crypto export laws are a stinking pile of 1st Amendment violation, we're talking about code import here, and I don't think there's legislative precedent (and certainly not executive) to enact something like this.
- busymom0 6y agoThis has happened multiple times before. The forced selling of Grindr back to US ownership from Chinese ownership was the most recent example.