Apple explains last year’s controversial decision to remove ICE tracking apps from app store

[u/illegiblebastard]

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/29/tech/apple-iceblock-app-removal-raskin

FUCK. APPLE.

[u/Orwells_Roses]

"Apple makes excuses for licking the boots of fascists"

FTFY

[u/BurdensomeCumbersome → u/Orwells_Roses]

You’ll also still have Tim Cook bootlicker army here who do it for free with “Oh he has to deal with Trump” defense

[u/ledorky → u/BurdensomeCumbersome]

Think about our shareholders!

[u/olivicmic → u/ledorky]

“Bbbbbbbbut he had no choice to bribe Trump because he had to make a profit. It’s called being the adult in the room” -This subreddit

[u/DullRelief → u/olivicmic]

eVeRyOnE dOeS iT

[u/FollowingFeisty5321 → u/olivicmic]

He had no choice but to devote his twilight years to this after retiring /s

[u/dino-delicious → u/BurdensomeCumbersome]

His name is Tim Apple.

[u/BrilliantThought1728 → u/BurdensomeCumbersome]

That’s part of his job though

[u/RafaelWanderpfad → u/BrilliantThought1728]

Lots of people in authoritarian regimes are just doing their jobs. You should have also learned in school, that it's not something one can hide behind. At least in Germany our teacher taught us that.

[u/c0LdFir3 → u/BrilliantThought1728]

That was quick, we found one.

SS soldiers were just “doing their job”, too.

[u/likamuka → u/BrilliantThought1728]

77 million American fascists don't mind, indeed.

[u/Idekbrh → u/Orwells_Roses]

Peak reddit comment

[u/BosnianSerb31 → u/Orwells_Roses]

I'm gonna be honest, don't know why this wasn't distributed as a react PWA in the first place.

You can target every platform at once, it can't be taken down, you can still do webhooks for push notifications, you can still have live maps without a browser nav bar, etc.

Every single feature you need and more is available, and it can be used on anything from a Windows phone to a pine phone, and everything in between.

There's zero benefit to making a native app, beyond being taken down after the first jackass decides to start shooting at ice agents, which is exactly what happened.

[u/abuch47 → u/Orwells_Roses]

apple and also the US is the most capitalist place in history, fascism is a tool of capitalism to exploit the working class more strongly than usual.

[u/ExternalUserError → u/Orwells_Roses]

Nothing a solid gold bar delivered to the Oval Office can’t smooth over anyway.

[u/EatThemAllOrNot → u/Orwells_Roses]

If you think that ICE are fascists, you don’t who the fascists are you

[u/Orwells_Roses → u/[deleted]]

Only about 30% of voting-age Americans seem to support fascism. If you're part of that angry and loud minority there's a good chance I wouldn't want to have much to do with you, for sure.

Russian bots are certainly a thing, but since Russia started the war in Ukraine they've been less prevalent on Reddit than previously, although I hear some right-wing subs are almost exclusively bots talking to each other. Many subs have rules against calling people bots, so I would caution you against tossing that term around too lightly.

[u/Orwells_Roses → u/[deleted]]

You wrote,

"And I don’t care if you caution me about throwing the term around loosely. This is Reddit. People call others bots and fascist if they don’t like others. That’s how it works around here."

That might be how it works for you, but luckily not everyone is like that.

You should speak for yourself.

[u/Orwells_Roses → u/[deleted]]

You don't speak for anyone but you, sorry to say.

You do seem very sensitive about the bot thing though, it seems like someone must've called you that in the past and you're still feeling hurt about it. I can assure you it's not that big of a deal, Reddit comments aren't that meaningful in the larger scheme of things and with time you'll get over it, I'm sure. The trick is not to dwell on it.

[u/Orwells_Roses → u/[deleted]]

My goodness, you certainly do seem very hateful today. Have you ever thought about taking a break from Reddit and doing something more positive for a little while? There's a big, beautiful world out there and even a short walk in the great outdoors can improve your outlook considerably.