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Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store

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946 points giuliomagnifico | 1 comments | 01 Jan 21 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.365s | source
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epx ◴[01 Jan 21 19:31 UTC] No.25605982[source]▶
Next, some app named Nitrogen will be banned because it is related to explosives and therefore to terrorists.
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fishnchips ◴[01 Jan 21 19:41 UTC] No.25606102[source]▶
Nitrogen is an element, and a very common one at that. Explosives are a fringe use case.

Amphetamine on the other hand has only one very well defined use case.

I get the reference to another similar app (Caffeine) but this is a step too far, indeed portraying a dangerous drug in a positive light.

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1. read_if_gay_ ◴[01 Jan 21 19:44 UTC] No.25606133[source]▶
It's not portraying anything in a positive light. The fact that this is the name of the app implies no value judgement.