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Tim Bray

Smart take from @gruber on the removal of VPN apps from Apple Store in Russia, following on government demand. One conclusion highlighted, but read the whole thing: daringfireball.net/linked/2024

iOS is a fabulous platform but I have refused, since the App Store launch in 2008, to work on any apps, because I decline to build software which a platform owner can prevent me from sharing with the world. I have regretted that decision exactly zero times these last 18 years.

The correct criticism to target at Apple is that this is the best argument against the App Store as the sole distribution channel of software for iOS. VPN software is still available for the Mac in Russia, and, I presume, is still available via sideloading for Android phones. When you create a choke point, you can be choked.
#apple#ioS#Russia
Oct 02, 2024, 08:08 PM·Public·Phanpy
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