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This shutdown is performative, by the way. The law prohibits the distribution, maintenance, or updating of the application. There's no reason to disable the app
by wumeow 2y ago
This shutdown is performative, by the way. The law prohibits the distribution, maintenance, or updating of the application. There's no reason to disable the app for users who already have it installed except to generate outrage.
No one reads the actual law, everyone is taking the bait.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521
- andrewinardeer 2y agoI'm not a lawyer but if "maintenance" is interpreted broadly, it might include any operation or service that keeps the app running, which could mean they cannot serve content even if they never updated the app again. Serving content could be seen as an ongoing maintenance activity. The bill also prohibits the provision of "internet hosting services" for the app. Serving content over the internet could be considered providing hosting services, which would be prohibited unless there's a divestiture. Just putting it out there.
- wumeow 2y agoMaybe, but it’s back now. It was performative.