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Ah, comrade, the channels will not be closed, they will merely be... hm... adjusted. What functional difference is there between banning access to the channel
by madaxe_again 6y ago
Ah, comrade, the channels will not be closed, they will merely be... hm... adjusted.
What functional difference is there between banning access to the channel and closing it? And why do Apple have any interest in this, unless they are working at the behest of the Belarusian regime.
- sam_lowry_ 6y agoBecause the regime contacted Apple legal, I guess. I am pretty sure there are no Apple offices in Belarus, they probably did it through the Moscow office.
- zenexer 6y ago> What functional difference is there between banning access to the channel and closing it? Most of the protesters are probably on Android, not iOS. Apple is still terrible for doing this, but there’s a very important distinction from the perspective of the protesters. If they were to read the title of this article, they would probably think they needed to panic, jump ship, and switch to a different platform. That could be critical misinformation. From the perspective of Silicon Valley, sure, there’s no difference. From the perspective of a demographic that mostly uses Android anyway and is already fighting against fear and misinformation, articles like this can wreak more havoc than Apple’s questionable tactics.