> Why is Apple even involved here? If people want a nasty app on their phone, then they should be able to have it. Exactly. The real problem isn't that Apple h

> Why is Apple even involved here? If people want a nasty app on their phone, then they should be able to have it. Exactly. The real problem isn't that Apple has some policy about moderation for their app store -- it's their app store, some amount of curation is completely necessary, that they have policies to that end is completely fine. That's how stores work. The real problem is that people don't have a choice to use any other app store, or independently install an app some other way (e.g. directly downloading it from a webpage or transferring it over a USB cable). In Androidland, once Parler is back up on some web host, it will be technically possible to get their apk from somewhere else and install it, if you want it. Just like I can get NewPipe somewhere other than Google's app store.