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Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store

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946 points giuliomagnifico | 2 comments | 01 Jan 21 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.574s | source
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mmaunder ◴[01 Jan 21 19:42 UTC] No.25606123[source]▶
You’re angry. I’ve felt this in a trademark lawsuit. You think the world should get behind you and change the corrupt system.

My advice is to immediately rebrand as gracefully and effectively as possible and use all that activist energy to effect the transition.

They kind of have a point which doesn’t make them right, but they hold all the cards and you will lose this one and regret the wasted bandwidth.

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1. xwalltime ◴[01 Jan 21 20:05 UTC] No.25606393[source]▶
I disagree. First, I recommend sending this to the following people: - Any congressional representatives that target Apple for antitrust - Facebook's PR team. - Various tech new outlets

If anyone is willing to make a big case out of this then you can use that media attention to grow your application's user base. This has potential for easy free advertisement through media controversy.

After you have gotten enough free advertisement, go forward with this recommendation of changing your branding.

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2. medium_burrito ◴[01 Jan 21 21:11 UTC] No.25607189[source]▶
Epic's PR team too.