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Not really crazy. Make a threat or incite violence on any platform or any medium in just about any country and you can expect consequences.

It’s not gone, it’s just currently not available in your country or region.

He who saves his Country does not violate any Law

• Donald Trump
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Websites don’t support push notifications in a way that normies understand. They’re also generally unreliable. And these are time-sensitive matters.

I am the biggest Apple hater and they are absolutely not immune from criticism, but they are generally a more private company. The CCP has their hands deep in every corporation on the planet so none of them are immune from that influence. Apple pushed back when the government demanded they dismantle encryption (Google doesn’t even offer this) for CSAM. They were also the first to disclose the government push notification collection information.

Not in the US, which is really the only place this app is applicable at the moment.

In the US it’s a very small majority.

They already are

They’re using the cops’ favorite and extremely generic catch-all crime: “obstruction of justice”.

I’m not sure if this guy is just dumb or it’s a honeypot.

1. As mentioned elsewhere, they don’t use device ID

2. Android is the only platform that supports alternative push methods

3. Apple knows everyone who downloads this app, which is subject to subpoena

4. The gov has been collecting push notification data from both Apple and Google for a long time. It would be as simple as knowing when notifications went out and then comparing timestamps to figure out who is using the app.

5. The app is closed-source

It would take significantly more mental energy on the part of the user but it would be far safer (which is extremely important in this specific case, as the dev agrees) to distribute through F-Droid and then use some other UnifiedPush implementation, as many Android apps already do. Anyone using this app is painting a huge target on their backs for the current authoritarian state.

Yep, and that will be it’s downfall, because Apple will take it down and there’s no way to install it without their rubber stamp.

“He’s giving a message to criminals where our federal officers are, and he cannot do that, and we are looking at it, we are looking at him, and he better watch out,” Bondi said. “Because that is not protected speech, that is threatening the lives of our law enforcement officers throughout this country, and shame on CNN!”

Why can’t he do that, Pammy?

Gotta say Aaron is a bold motherfucker.

I mean they could do away with Apple Store fees altogether and still be unfathomably profitable.

I’ll check that out, thanks

I have always had my own router. What is bridge mode? Can I do that?

I have always had my own router, just not the modem.

And the only problem I have is intermittent outages, repeatedly increasing the price without my knowledge or consent, and high latency.

Well sheeit. What about Spectrum?

Can you use your own modem? I thought you had to use theirs?

There is literally nothing that can be done in an app that can’t be done quicker and easier as a PWA these days

Hard disagree. I am on Android so I’m not sure if that makes a difference.

They would then become a hardware vendor and that would absolutely ruin them

I hope that’s a joke. Airpods could be a Fortune 500 company all on their own.

It’s insane that it’s taken this long for these companies to stand up to Apple. But better late than never, I guess. Here are my notes:

Proton will donate any money we receive from the lawsuit to organizations fighting for democracy and human rights so that some portion of Apple’s profits made from countries with authoritarian regimes are redirected to freedom. These donations will be coordinated through the nonprofit Proton Foundation, which oversees Proton and ensures that our work always prioritizes the public good over financial gain.

That’s cool but, are they donating to the Proton Foundation or From the Proton foundation?

Apple’s App Store policies disproportionately favor the surveillance capitalism business model employed by companies like Meta and Google…Companies that monetize user data in exchange for “free” services that abuse your privacy aren’t affected by this, as they don’t process payments through the App Store

Ehhh I dunno that I buy that one. Charge them 30% and they’ll have no option but to pony up. They’re not just going to close up shop. Also how would you even enforce such a charge? Just charge them 30% of all of their income?

There have been numerous incidents where Apple has removed or censored apps at the behest of authoritarian governments, in order to continue profiting from those markets.

Yeah, don’t go throwing stones in glass houses there, Proton. It’s not like you don’t comply with authoritarian governments.

Not supporting Apple’s payment system is also considered a violation, which can lead to threats to remove your app, as happened to Proton.

Wow, now that I did not realize.

Proton cannot even link to FAQ or customer support pages from its apps, as Apple believes it’s possible that users will then navigate from the support page to a pricing page and upgrade their accounts without paying Apple its fee.

I didn’t realize this either. It couldn’t be more clear by this rule alone that these policies have absolutely nothing to do with “protecting consumers” and everything to do with being 100% sure they get their cut for the privilege of being used on Apple devices.

Apple claims this fee is necessary to pay for the maintenance of the App Store, but evidence presented in the Epic Games v. Apple case indicated that Apple makes a 78% profit on App Store fees

After looking into this claim, it seems to be provided by an “expert witness” hired by Epic, and his personal calculations based on files that aren’t publicly available. Apple says “Epic’s experts calculations of the operating margins for the App Store are simply wrong and we look forward to refuting them in court.”. So while I would be unsurprised if they’re accurate, I don’t necessarily believe Epic either.

It’s not a problem. It’s fair to assume anything the Trump administration does is nefarious.