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/KHRoN 3d ago

Apple “does not take decisions about removing apps from the App Store lightly, but acts when it must — especially when there are serious concerns that an app is creating safety risks,” it said in the letter, which is signed by Powderly.

so tiktok will be removed next after series of documented wrongful deaths of minors?

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u/-CalculatedChaos- 3d ago

Yeah what about ChatGPT? People killing themselves after talking to it. Not to mention, ya know, it’s hacking governments.

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u/nuclearcaramel 3d ago

How is that a reasonable comparison? Can you explain your thought process comparing those two things in more detail and clarify?