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It is known that Apple would do quite a lot of what governments will ask of it. It removes app from national AppStores on a simple request from countries like C
by Andrew_nenakhov 4y ago
It is known that Apple would do quite a lot of what governments will ask of it. It removes app from national AppStores on a simple request from countries like China or Russia. (Well, now Apple might ignore Russian takedown requests, but prior to the war with Ukraine they were very receptive to their demands)
- Obscurity4340 4y agoThis is why side-loading and the option for alternative app stores is so crucial. If Apple bans Signal or other E2EE messenger apps from your national app store, you can't get them. Full stop. If people in China and other privacy-hostile countries can side-load from alternative app stores (like F-droid for Android), the government/Apple doesn't control user access to particular undesireable apps. There's obviously reverse concerns to this side of the coin but the overall concept has arguably always existed eith jailbreaking (Cydia store, AltStore(?)) and I haven't heard any stories about people becoming massively compromised in the way all the naysayers and Apple would have us believe.