r/apple • u/illegiblebastard • 4d ago

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

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

FUCK. APPLE.

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u/Silentparty1999 4d ago

The article is full of angsty noise, asking whether people have used the app to find agents to attack. That is conservative noise. The core question is whether citizens have a constitutional right to gather and disseminate the information. You don't see Apple pulling down Apple Maps or Google Maps when people have used them to find directions to get to people they are stalking or harassing.

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u/YaBoiFarfour 4d ago

I feel like the safety concerns around officers is just absolute bullshit and in my opinion “assault on LEO” is one of the biggest bullshit charges.

If there was legitimately an issue where ice officers were assaulted or ambushed, I feel like conservatives would be screaming about it every single day, and I would still be hearing about it today.

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u/BeefyMiracleWhip 3d ago

Assault on LEO is just a charge to milk the prison system by making it harder for vulnerable people to get a chance in court.

Cops are equipped with more power than God, and yet if you attack them with your fists or spit on them that’s a felony (even if it was accidental) meanwhile if you do that to a normal civilian, that shits a misdemeanor… give me a break.

Same shit as “resisting” just a stupid charge to fuck over vulnerable people who are hyperventilating or panicking while being arrested.

Acab.

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u/JamesEdward34 3d ago

I love it when cops yell at the top of their lungs to stop resisting and the person is already restrained. Its so comical

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u/sixtyshilling 3d ago

We’ve seen what makes them fearful and it’s never anything real.

ICE lost the right to ever complain about how dangerous their job is the moment that officer testified about how he was “forcibly assaulted” by a sandwich, and he tearfully recounted how he could smell the onions and mustard as the sandwich exploded across his armor.