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> 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
by 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 agoIts 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.