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[Stabmaster Arson II]

I really hope this leads to an antitrust suite that forces apple to allow sideloading apps

I'd prefer things to stay the same - it's an easy way to see who's a fucking idiot. If I see anyone using an iPhone, I know they're a moron who probably believes everything they read.

 

[Vott]

A couple of gems



Now this one's an oddball alright, A polyam with one dude and a woman, This guy actually has kids








A video of him snoring on the couch

 

[Wood]

Nigger that Mein Kampf xD

 

[AnOminous]

No, they don't. They can remove an app for any reason at anytime and Epic's lawsuit over allowing alternative payment platforms is still in the courts last I checked.

Well, that's a conclusory statement. They can't remove an app for an illegal reason. Epic also massively screwed up by preemptively breaching their contract and the cases would not be on all fours. Also despite the ruling being over a year ago, the appeal is only being heard by the Ninth Circuit now, and after that, there will likely be an en banc rehearing, followed by a trip to SCOTUS (which may or may not be interested).

Epic was essentially claiming the 30% cut by itself was somehow illegal, which it probably isn't, and also they preemptively removed the app themselves, which really vitiates any argument that Apple is the source of any harm they suffered.

Also Musk is very likely to try to keep the case outside of the Ninth Circuit (which is hostile to antitrust claims and generally excessively friendly to Silicon Valley). I'd anticipate Delaware, where Twitter is incorporated, or the D.C. Circuit if they can come up with any excuse to try it there.

 

[Tree]

our very own @Dyn teaming up with Elon for some philanthropy

Edit: Already dead, should have archived I guess

 

[Stoneheart]

3 accounts that called some bigger rightoids spergy fags are all permanently suspended (without temp suspension). Hateful conduct, all.
Now this is not conclusive, as these rightoids might have been more inclined to call mommy jannie to rescue them from evil bully.

Twitter is maybe more trigger happy if you publicly out people...

 

[NoReturn]

This is fun, I like fun.

 

[SilenceIsViolence]

Well, that's a conclusory statement. They can't remove an app for an illegal reason.

What are you talking about? There's no illegal reason to remove an app from their own app store, that's like saying Walmart can't remove a product from it's stores if they decide not to carry it - It's Apple's app store, one of their selling points is curation of the walled garden, they have every right to remove whatever they want for whatever reason they want.

 

[Kendall Motor Oil]

Well Apple has left Twitter on its app store with evidence of CP on it, so Apple will have some court explaining to do as to why Twitter is suddenly in violation of its policies beings you are required to use the app store on Apple phones as to not void your warranty.

They also threatened Tumblr after an expose was published about CP on Tumblr. That is allegedly why Tumblr banned porn but there are other solid theories it was an attempt at making Tumblr profitable.

Now this one's an oddball alright, A polyam
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Leftists are eternally butthurt that NASA sucks and SpaceX is innovating. They believe large projects should only be run by government.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

This is fun, I like fun.
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Wonder if it contains information that would lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.

 

[NoReturn]

Wonder if it contains information that would lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.

No, see, that's why he has the bedside gun.

 

[AnOminous]

What are you talking about? There's no illegal reason to remove an app from their own app store, that's like saying Walmart can't remove a product from it's stores if they decide not to carry it - It's Apple's app store, one of their selling points is curation of the walled garden, they have every right to remove whatever they want for whatever reason they want.

There are plenty of illegal reasons, such as anticompetitive trade practices under the Sherman Act. They also couldn't take off an app because "we don't do business with niggers." They couldn't take an app off in violation of a contract. You can't just do whatever you want whenever you want whether or not there's a law against it.

Even Epic's lawsuit is still on appeal years later. I'm pretty sure Musk would have a better case, since he wouldn't have voluntarily taken the app off himself, and could probably pick a better venue.

 

[Dyn]

You can't just do whatever you want whenever you want whether or not there's a law against it.

Just try and stop me, bootlicker.

 

[Tree]

Leftists are eternally butthurt that NASA sucks and SpaceX is innovating. They believe large projects should only be run by government.

They don't care whether it's run by government or under ostensibly private ownership if its under the their control by one means or another. This distinction is fake and gay and is a modern delusion. The left would win less if others weren't so wedded to their intentionally poor training in the exercise of power.

 

[Nuns with guns]

Interesting!
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How the fuck is this legal? I get disliking what they say, but to actively defund the companies and deplatform those with opposing views.

Eventually, they'll go for moderate news sites too or anything that doesn't suck tranny cock.

 

[AgendaPoster]

How the fuck is this legal? I get disliking what they say, but to actively defund the companies and deplatform those with opposing views.

Eventually, they'll go for moderate news sites too or anything that doesn't suck tranny cock.

In a democracy, only the retarded don't fight to influence society to work best for them and the groups they belong to.

 

[SilenceIsViolence]

There are plenty of illegal reasons, such as anticompetitive trade practices under the Sherman Act. They also couldn't take off an app because "we don't do business with niggers."

Apple has won against Spotify and Epic against claims of monopolistic practices already. If Apple had their own twitter and tried to ban Elon's twitter, you could potentially make the argument, but Apple Music still beat out Spotify when it came to the same discussion. As they don't, there's no claims here under the Sherman act, especially as Apple has a minority of the mobile market share, with Android being >70% of all mobile devices. Even if this was a textbook case, Apple still maintains the right to remove any app they want from their store as I've said before.

Sure, they couldn't outright say "we don't fuck with nigs", but they can easily remove any app they want under any other pretense. Here's an easy one:

App Store Review Guidelines - Apple Developer

The App Store Review Guidelines provide guidance and examples across a range of development topics, including user interface design, functionality, content, and the use of specific technologies. These guidelines are designed to help you prepare your apps for the approval process.

developer.apple.com

1.2 User-Generated Content
Apps with user-generated content present particular challenges, ranging from intellectual property infringement to anonymous bullying. To prevent abuse, apps with user-generated content or social networking services must include:

• A method for filtering objectionable material from being posted to the app
• A mechanism to report offensive content and timely responses to concerns
• The ability to block abusive users from the service
• Published contact information so users can easily reach you

Apps with user-generated content or services that end up being used primarily for pornographic content, Chatroulette-style experiences, objectification of real people (e.g. “hot-or-not” voting), making physical threats, or bullying do not belong on the App Store and may be removed without notice. If your app includes user-generated content from a web-based service, it may display incidental mature “NSFW” content, provided that the content is hidden by default and only displayed when the user turns it on via your website.

You'd be very hard pressed to make an argument that Twitter isn't being used for whatever defines 'bullying'. "Primarily" would be the word in contension here, but there's ample evidence on Apple's side. Let alone the amount of porn on twitter that goes uncensored, they are already on the app store only because it's deemed as a positive for Apple, not because it follows their rules to a T.

They couldn't take an app off in violation of a contract. You can't just do whatever you want whenever you want whether or not there's a law against it.

I have no idea what you mean by this, what contract are you talking about? Also, the last sentence makes no sense to me, if there's no law against it than you can indeed to whatever you want whenever you want it as laws are exactly what prevent that?

To be clear, I am not for any of this, fuck Apple. But from a strictly legal standpoint, there's little ground for Twitter to stand on, and even if they found their grounding, Apple will have the final say over what's allowed in their platform.

 

[AnOminous]

Apple has won against Spotify and Epic against claims of monopolistic practices already.

Epic is being litigated to this day, and the Ninth Circuit proceedings just started. They've won a trial court victory in a highly friendly jurisdiction. Just winning one case doesn't mean you automatically win every other case that's remotely similar.

It'll still cost them tens or hundreds of millions of dollars and years of time. Antitrust is always an uphill climb but it isn't exactly cheap to defend either. So Apple has to decide whether they want to alienate a good chunk of their own Twitter-addicted customers over some bullshit, as well as defend yet another lawsuit that may not go as well for them as the others (which are still burning piles of their money).

 

[SilenceIsViolence]

Epic is being litigated to this day, and the Ninth Circuit proceedings just started. They've won a trial court victory in a highly friendly jurisdiction.

What's still being fought in court is Apple allowing alternative payment methods for apps on the store, not Apple's right to remove apps from their store. The anti-trust case was already won handedly by Apple. The second point is irrelevant, if Epic wins people will shout they lost in an unfriendly jurisdiction. They will likely win this case too as they have already proven they aren't breaking anti-trust laws to the courts.

Just winning one case doesn't mean you automatically win every other case that's remotely similar.

Of course not, but it does set precedent and time and time again Apple has won these anti-trust lawsuits.

 

[Kuritan Deplorable]

I think there's an interesting angle to this whole "they're a private company" line that I never really see discussed. Specifically, they're a publicly traded company, not a private company. They are not a private venture, they are a public venture, and one that I would all but guarantee has voting shareholder investment from government organization such as state pension funds.

There may be some fun legal sperging down that line about whether government can invest money into organizations that then use that money to suppress rights elsewhere.

As it stands on twitter vs apple compared to epic vs apple, completely different can of worms. Epic Vs Apple being the desire to put a competing app store out there and completely bypass the app store, by which apple collects its payment for all the work they do software wise for developers. Twitter Vs Apple is down to "Under what grounds do you find Twitter to be in breach of your contract and terms, that it wasn't in breach of previously" - As Ominous said, you cannot simply do whatever you want whenever you want in a business just because its not criminal. Same reason the mass twitter shitcannings have lead to lawsuits and mass golden parachutes to stump said lawsuits.