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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: 0.404s | source
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didibus ◴[01 Jan 21 19:49 UTC] No.25606195[source]▶
I wonder what's the rationale behind this policy. I can think of three reasons:

1) They are worried of bad PR from a headline being published that goes: "Apple encourages drug abuse with multiple apps such as Amphetamine".

2) They are worried of a lawsuit if it is found some app contributed to the sell of illegal drugs.

3) They are worried of parents complaints being concerned that they've found an app called Amphetamine on their kid's device.

And in some way, I can agree that as a Company, I'd rather not take my chances with any of them. Now, the policy being applied inconsistently is another issue. And ya, I wish the world wasn't so that a company needed to worry about these, but it isn't, so I'm not sure I can blame Apple that much for it. This also seems like a silly cause for them to champion.

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1. xwalltime ◴[01 Jan 21 19:58 UTC] No.25606316[source]▶
I would agree, but I can't because Apple is a monopoly. If monopolies are allowed to exist then they must be required to reflect the principles of the governments in which they operate.

If everyone could see this decision and easily move over their apps to 1 of 20 other iOS app markets then it might be reasonable for Apple to have self-determined restrictions in place.