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by EEMac 1886 days ago
The damage is done to Parler, but also to Apple.

Apple has established, clearly and publicly, that you will not say anything they disapprove of with their devices. (This affects Discord also: https://www.osnews.com/story/133306/discord-will-block-nsfw-...)

How long people put up with this is another question.
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minhazm 1886 days ago
No they didn't. They established that they won't distribute apps that have speech that violates their terms. This is how Apple has always operated.

You can always go open a browser and visit any website you want and write whatever you want and Apple can't do anything about it.

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anaganisk 1886 days ago
May be, for now.
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moomin 1886 days ago
I hate to tell you... but that was not news. It was literally one of the justifications Steve Jobs gave for the Apple Store’s existence.
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shadowgovt 1886 days ago
Apple has always been quite heavy-handed with the developers on its platforms regarding user experiences.

Its users generally appear to consider that a feature, not a bug, so I don't anticipate any changes. People have been predicting users walking away from Apple's version of Omelas for over a quarter-century; hasn't happened yet.

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sneak 1886 days ago
More importantly:

The pistol emoji has been replaced with a squirt gun, injecting Apple's political views into plain text documents, and,

You can't type the Taiwanese flag emoji on an iPhone in the PRC region at all.

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