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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: 0.251s | source
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tigen ◴[01 Jan 21 20:02 UTC] No.25606364[source]▶
I don't agree with Apple here but I also don't feel too outraged either, I can see both sides and it's their store.

I actually think Windows/MacOS should build the most commonly used sleep-gating functionality into the OS. (On Windows there's Coffee and Milk, where Coffee helps you keep it awake and Milk helps you figure out why it doesn't sleep. Seems like basic modern OS stuff to me.)

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1. webmobdev ◴[01 Jan 21 21:40 UTC] No.25607462[source]▶
If you are not outraged, you aren't putting yourself in the author's shoe - they created an app that has been in the app store for 6 years. They marketed it and got a large number of users. And now suddenly Apple removes it because it doesn't like the name of the app. Do you want Apple to be the arbitrator of silly things like the name of the app or even your company?