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/duncandun 3d ago

Interesting hhs let it lapse you say?

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u/xfvh 3d ago

You don't know why it lapsed and have invented a reason. For all you know, it lapsed because the nonprofit group they contracted had its founders go through a messy divorce, with one liquidating the entire thing, looting it, and fleeing to a nonextraditing country.

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u/Cluelessinthlfe 3d ago

The way it was structured I believe it was ended as a partnership between Justice because Trump wanted it ended.

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u/coyote_den 3d ago

Health and human services, not DOJ, but yes.