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I think with the case of Iceblock the developer talked about how the app is super simple by design so that it can be used by 80 year old grandmas. I believe tha

I think with the case of Iceblock the developer talked about how the app is super simple by design so that it can be used by 80 year old grandmas. I believe thats part of the reason it wasn't a PWA or something of that nature (among other reasons) In the case of this application, the circle of users may shift more towards technically savvy. If we assume this to be true, I could see how it may make sense to provide the application as a sideloadable APK or as open source so that it can be compiled and installed using TestFlight. Its unfortunate that we've reached the point that users can't even run software on their own computing devices. I wonder if things continue to get bad will we start to see a greater number of people refraining from installing updates to their devices just because prior versions allow more things like jailbreaks. Apple is burning their reputation with these moves so it may happen.

OGEnthusiast 1y ago
> Apple is burning their reputation with these moves so it may happen. I highly doubt there will be any noticeable backlash against Apple for removing ICEBlock, sans negative online commentary (which to be fair isn't exactly zero, but doesn't have enough noticeable effect by itself).
- nebula8804 1y ago
  >I highly doubt there will be any noticeable backlash against Apple for removing ICEBlock, sans negative online commentary (which to be fair isn't exactly zero, but doesn't have enough noticeable effect by itself). No not just IceBlock but overall increasing the blocking of users from running the software that they want to run. In the past we've just had niche applications blocked (emulators, some porn applications and apps maybe hackers would use). Everything else was fair game to be in the app store. Now that semi-mainstream applications are getting banned, it encourages more people to find ways to get the software they want to run.
- lenkite 1y ago
  Its not ICEBlock specifically, but that a precedent has been now been fully set against the First Amendment, where the government can lean on monopolies and the monopoly will comply to destroy rights.

OGEnthusiast 1y ago

> Apple is burning their reputation with these moves so it may happen. I highly doubt there will be any noticeable backlash against Apple for removing ICEBlock, sans negative online commentary (which to be fair isn't exactly zero, but doesn't have enough noticeable effect by itself).

nebula8804 1y ago
>I highly doubt there will be any noticeable backlash against Apple for removing ICEBlock, sans negative online commentary (which to be fair isn't exactly zero, but doesn't have enough noticeable effect by itself). No not just IceBlock but overall increasing the blocking of users from running the software that they want to run. In the past we've just had niche applications blocked (emulators, some porn applications and apps maybe hackers would use). Everything else was fair game to be in the app store. Now that semi-mainstream applications are getting banned, it encourages more people to find ways to get the software they want to run.
lenkite 1y ago
Its not ICEBlock specifically, but that a precedent has been now been fully set against the First Amendment, where the government can lean on monopolies and the monopoly will comply to destroy rights.