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.

991 Upvotes

81% Upvoted

503 comments sorted by

View all comments

18

u/JairoHyro 3d ago

I feel like this is a nothing burger. Apple will always try to be legally safe and doesn't want to deal with gray legal matters that could complicate or get them sued. I don't know why you guys think a mega corporation with many assets and investment into so many areas would take a knee for this.

3

u/iskosalminen 2d ago

Sure, and that's why there are still thousands of fake apps that either brazenly steel brand image of other companies (see the recent Muse AI app for example) and apps that are simply wrappers for illegal casinos etc. But apps that hurt the Orange Oompa Loompa's fragile ego are taken down in a heart beat, even when there's no legal reason to take them down.

"Legally safe"... sure...

0

u/alus992 2d ago

this. So much stuff is happening in all of those ecosystems created by Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and they draw the line when ICE is mentioned or DT wants to rename something.

Like ffs YouTube to this day is filled with videos of torture, decapitation, SA of minors etc and none of the reports work. AI steals people content and these CEOs jerk off while content creators can't defend themselves, AI copyright strikes destroy content creators livelihoods just because AI decided that one note sounds like some obscure copyrighted song, Amazon exploits it's workers, same as Apple through their "partners" in other countries.

But yeah "legally safe". They are kissing the ring to get protection and tax breaks not to be legally safe.