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Apple has proven, time and again, that it heavily favors censorship in the name of profits. The real issue we should be talking about is the de-facto monopoly A
by ccvannorman 11y ago
Apple has proven, time and again, that it heavily favors censorship in the name of profits. The real issue we should be talking about is the de-facto monopoly Apple has because of their hardware device success (e.g. iPhone), and how and when this monopoly will be prevented from censoring the speech and content of millions of lives.
Or do we expect monopolistic censorship to be the new norm of the future? Disgusting.
- caryhartline 11y agoIs it censorship in the name of profits when they make less money by taking apps off the App Store?
- slayed0 11y agoShort term vs. long term. The immediate short term loss (probably very small) is income from these apps. The long term gain is company image and being known as a company that "does the right thing". There are countless examples of Apple giving up short term profits to preserve this image, which they obviously believe is responsible for greater profits in the long term.