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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. What is going on at Apple where they dictate what you see and do online. I'm sure the discord app is already rated 18+. Will

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. What is going on at Apple where they dictate what you see and do online. I'm sure the discord app is already rated 18+. Will reddit clients be next since they have NSFW content and subreddits? Will they start banning purchases from "certain" places if you use your apple credit card? Sorry, can't buy ammo, alcohol, or tobacco with your Apple card starting today!

protomyth 6y ago
Sorry, can't buy ammo, alcohol, or tobacco with your Apple card starting today! I don't think this is as far fetched as some would believe. Someone should tell Apple that even Disney produces R-rated movies.
- post_break 6y ago
  I mean the Obama administration already tried to de-platform the gun industry with operation choke point. I just see this as more fuel to the fire for side loading and antitrust towards Apple.
Sharlin 6y ago
> Sorry, can't buy ammo, alcohol, or tobacco with your Apple card starting today! I mean, banning any of those would be less unreasonable than banning NSFW content.
Kiro 6y ago
Ammo?! I hope you understand how ridiculous that comparison sounds to someone outside the US. You may just as well have said "What's next? Banning purchases of nuclear weapons?".
- throwaway3699 6y ago
  Devil's advocate: What's the difference between ammo and knives?
  - Joker_vD 6y ago
    The knives can be used to cut or pierce things. And while cutting living humans tends to kill them, there is a lot of other things, cutting which would actually be beneficial for many, many human activities unrelated to terminating human lives. The guns can be used to throw a small piece metal at great velocity in a somewhat precise direction, the goal being of piercing the target at the distance with the said piece of metal. And... and to be frank, it's really hard to imagine any other use of them different from "wounding/killing animals (including humans) from somewhat safe distances". Well, in most countries, hunting weaponry is perfectly legal, that was the case even in the Soviet Union -- which actually produced several models of hunting rifles.
- post_break 6y ago
  Ok how about marijuana instead. Legal in some countries, go to prison or be killed if caught with it in others?
BitwiseFool 6y ago
Cash is legal tender for all debts, public and private. I feel like digital representations of that same money should follow the same rule.
superkuh 6y ago
There is a simple solution. Stop relying on apple's walled garden and install applications the normal user directed way instead of the corporate-loading-walled-garden way.
- dewey 6y ago
  And how would that work on iOS? Require every user to jailbreak their phone? The whole reason this discussion comes up time after time is that it's not possible to side load apps for a regular user.
  - superkuh 6y ago
    Yes. Every iOS user should demand they have control of their phone but I don't think that is required is it? If you literally can't install any application except from the app store then things are even worse than I'd heard. edit: This is apparently true. I can't believe anyone puts up with that. Welcome to the Apple 1984 commercial in real life.
    - dewey 6y ago
      It is required. The only other way is enterprise certificates, TestFlight, signing the app yourself which is only valid for xx days.

protomyth 6y ago

Sorry, can't buy ammo, alcohol, or tobacco with your Apple card starting today! I don't think this is as far fetched as some would believe. Someone should tell Apple that even Disney produces R-rated movies.

post_break 6y ago
I mean the Obama administration already tried to de-platform the gun industry with operation choke point. I just see this as more fuel to the fire for side loading and antitrust towards Apple.

Sharlin 6y ago

> Sorry, can't buy ammo, alcohol, or tobacco with your Apple card starting today! I mean, banning any of those would be less unreasonable than banning NSFW content.

Kiro 6y ago

Ammo?! I hope you understand how ridiculous that comparison sounds to someone outside the US. You may just as well have said "What's next? Banning purchases of nuclear weapons?".

throwaway3699 6y ago
Devil's advocate: What's the difference between ammo and knives?
- Joker_vD 6y ago
  The knives can be used to cut or pierce things. And while cutting living humans tends to kill them, there is a lot of other things, cutting which would actually be beneficial for many, many human activities unrelated to terminating human lives. The guns can be used to throw a small piece metal at great velocity in a somewhat precise direction, the goal being of piercing the target at the distance with the said piece of metal. And... and to be frank, it's really hard to imagine any other use of them different from "wounding/killing animals (including humans) from somewhat safe distances". Well, in most countries, hunting weaponry is perfectly legal, that was the case even in the Soviet Union -- which actually produced several models of hunting rifles.
post_break 6y ago
Ok how about marijuana instead. Legal in some countries, go to prison or be killed if caught with it in others?

BitwiseFool 6y ago

Cash is legal tender for all debts, public and private. I feel like digital representations of that same money should follow the same rule.

superkuh 6y ago

There is a simple solution. Stop relying on apple's walled garden and install applications the normal user directed way instead of the corporate-loading-walled-garden way.

dewey 6y ago
And how would that work on iOS? Require every user to jailbreak their phone? The whole reason this discussion comes up time after time is that it's not possible to side load apps for a regular user.
- superkuh 6y ago
  Yes. Every iOS user should demand they have control of their phone but I don't think that is required is it? If you literally can't install any application except from the app store then things are even worse than I'd heard. edit: This is apparently true. I can't believe anyone puts up with that. Welcome to the Apple 1984 commercial in real life.
  - dewey 6y ago
    It is required. The only other way is enterprise certificates, TestFlight, signing the app yourself which is only valid for xx days.