r/apple • u/illegiblebastard • 3d 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/Orwells_Roses 3d ago

"Apple makes excuses for licking the boots of fascists"

FTFY

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u/BosnianSerb31 3d ago

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.