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From Apple: "... because this category of applications is often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights." Which isn't incorrect, because the over
by chomp 4y ago
From Apple: "... because this category of applications is often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights."
Which isn't incorrect, because the overwhelming majority of Bittorrent traffic is piracy.
- josephcsible 4y agoAren't Web browsers often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights? Why don't they get rid of Safari then?
- kube-system 4y agoExtremely rarely. Usually they are used for visiting legal websites.
- chomp 4y agoThe grand majority of HTTP traffic (in the US at least) is legal. Obviously one can break the law with anything that can reach the internet, but it seems Apple is drawing a line in the sand for what they believe to be a category of apps that in reality, are used more often than not for piracy. By the way, don't take my comments as endorsing Apple's position. I personally think torrents on iOS is silly due to the battery and connectivity issues, but I feel like people should at least be able to sideload apps if Apple doesn't want to host them.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoGreater than 99% of web browser traffic is legal. Greater than 99% of torrent traffic is illegal. If you can't see the difference and why this matters, I don't know what to tell you.