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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: 0.444s | source
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paozac ◴[01 Jan 21 19:29 UTC] No.25605970[source]▶
That's very silly. The times are ready for a new job title: software product namer, to make sure a name won't offend anyone or violate trademarks and store guidelines.
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mhh__ ◴[01 Jan 21 19:42 UTC] No.25606124[source]▶
Honestly the real enemy (if people are genuinely offended I tend to side with them) is people being offended on behalf of other people.
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1. pydry ◴[01 Jan 21 20:26 UTC] No.25606651[source]▶
You're assuming that this is actually the reason. It smells to me like the real reason they kicked it off the platform has fuck all to do with the name, but feigning "wokeness" serves as a decent cover for a variety of evils.
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2. Swenrekcah ◴[01 Jan 21 20:47 UTC] No.25606894[source]▶
Not advocating drug use has exactly nothing to do with wokeness.