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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: 0s | 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. gambiting ◴[01 Jan 21 19:59 UTC] No.25606317[source]▶
Like the author pointed out, millions of Americans take legal amphetamines every year. I'd wager a bet that legal users of amphetamines outnumber the illegal users 10,000 to 1. Besides, amphetamine is just the name of the compound, it doesn't suggest anything. If you imply that simply knowing that amphetamines can keep you awake is dangerous, then I'd like to point you towards centuries of proof that not telling people about sex totally stops them from having it.