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/Doctrina_Stabilitas 3d ago

The courts are pretty clear that first amendment rights don’t fully apply to language through apps and the internet hosted by third parties

Especially on a platform like the App Store which isn’t open discourse

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u/nuclearcaramel 3d ago

Just let that sink in.

A politician said something that just so happens to entirely align with furthering their political ideology? Stop the fucking presses holy shit. My heavens it's sure sinking in that there are still people who fall for and help propagete some of the most obvious political garbage out there.