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Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store

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946 points giuliomagnifico | 5 comments | 01 Jan 21 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.436s | 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. sangnoir ◴[01 Jan 21 22:30 UTC] No.25607915[source]▶
Ah, I remember this infamous Apple ad:

Here’s to the lazy ones, the mundane, the conformers, the rule-followers, the square pegs in the square holes… the ones who don't see things differently — they’re fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, you can also safely ignore them because they dare not change things… they keep the human race stagnant, and while some may see them as the lazy ones, we see order, because the ones who are lazy enough to know that they can't change the world, are the ones who won't try

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2. sebmellen ◴[01 Jan 21 22:33 UTC] No.25607938[source]▶
This is brilliant. I can't wait until we see an actual Apple ad with this script. Maybe 2021 will deliver!
3. LeoNatan25 ◴[01 Jan 21 23:23 UTC] No.25608407[source]▶
The Tim Cook era of Apple. This describes well Apple’s fanboy drones, but also the company engineering, product and design.
4. raverbashing ◴[03 Jan 21 10:54 UTC] No.25621012[source]▶
If there was HN Gold, I would have given you some

Sounds like the Ray Ozzie motto

5. sneak ◴[03 Jan 21 12:55 UTC] No.25621495[source]▶
When I walk into the latest iteration of the Apple stores, the ones with those giant LED jumbotrons, I wonder whose job it is these days to throw the sledgehammer at the giant propaganda screen.

This, too, shall pass.