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Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store

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946 points giuliomagnifico | 6 comments | 01 Jan 21 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.851s | source | bottom
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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. permo-w ◴[01 Jan 21 20:57 UTC] No.25607021[source]▶
Caffeine would be an easy answer to the rebranding question
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2. canofbars ◴[01 Jan 21 21:05 UTC] No.25607111[source]▶
I just did a search and found multiple apps with that name already.
3. glerk ◴[01 Jan 21 21:05 UTC] No.25607115[source]▶
There is already an app called "Caffeine" that serves the same purpose.
4. redwall_hp ◴[01 Jan 21 21:07 UTC] No.25607138[source]▶
Caffeine was the old application that Amphetamine replaced. It was a long-standing utility that went unmaintained after Apple switched to the retina displays.
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5. rwc ◴[01 Jan 21 21:11 UTC] No.25607184[source]▶
Not so easy: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24120/caffeine
6. dempseye ◴[01 Jan 21 21:14 UTC] No.25607229[source]▶
Really? I am still using it. It works fine with a Retina display, which is the only Apple display I've ever had.

2014 MBP 15 here.