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by Der_Einzige 2267 days ago
Can we start to accuse apple of being complacent in domestic abuse then? I'm only mostly joking

Apple products are used at a far higher proportion among women (and the vast majority of domestic abuse victims are women) than Android products are and the locked down nature of the platform means that attempts to fight this with innovative apps masquerading as other apps (as the author has indicated that they want to do) breaks their TOS and is banned by the platform.

Feminists need to start sounding the alarm right now and pushing women towards open platforms which give them a chance to fight against their abusers.
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gowld 2267 days ago
Maybe it's better to have an OS that prevents spyware apps. If the victim isn't in control of their phone, do you want the abuser to have free reign on it?

What people need is a hidden extra phone, not a hidden extra app.

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thrwaway69 2267 days ago
If you care about women rights, you should also care about open source, here's why.

It might actually work to push the FOSS movement ahead.

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