Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by idlewords » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:43 AM UTC

nneonneo wrote: post #14

idlewords wrote: post #7

This move comes after Apple re-instated the app into the app store under public pressure. This comes after Apple told Senator Howley that the decision to block the app had been a mistake: https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1180214941867036672 It's important for the discussion that this app does not violate any local laws in Hong Kong. It is a safety tool. You can check out the web version here (click icons and paste…

Using a dog icon for the police isn’t exactly a great look if you’re trying to be neutral. It’s roughly equivalent to using a pig to represent the police in the US. I don’t see why they couldn’t have just used one of the standard emoji for police there - it’d be a lot less likely to offend.

It's a cute puppy icon, and nobody is trying to be neutral.

Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by _bxg1 » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

You'd think this would be the last moment they'd want to do something like this, given the Blizzard fiasco.

Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by mehhh » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

headsupftw wrote: post #10

For AAPL, revenue from Mainland China is far greater than Hong Kong. I, as a shareholder with fewer than 100 shares, applaud Apple's decision on this issue.

Wow, literally "Fuck you, got mine" mentality here with all its ugliness on display!

So if it makes you a buck, a billion people should suffer under the rule of a despot?

Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by tibbydudeza » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:46 AM UTC

This is their Blizzard moment.

So Apple are just the same as Google , Facebook and the rest of them , top please their shareholders for the almighty buck.

So the lesson here is to rather use the Android platform if you want "freedom".

Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by dear » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:47 AM UTC

mehhh wrote: post #23

headsupftw wrote: post #10

For AAPL, revenue from Mainland China is far greater than Hong Kong. I, as a shareholder with fewer than 100 shares, applaud Apple's decision on this issue.

Wow, literally "Fuck you, got mine" mentality here with all its ugliness on display! So if it makes you a buck, a billion people should suffer under the rule of a despot?

It's not about making a buck. It's nationalism. Check user history.

Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by atom058 » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:48 AM UTC

hesarenu wrote: post #18

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm willing to bet the Ultra Large Container Vessel class boat-load of money Apple is making helps there.

Doesn't apple have around 100 billion cash reserve. How much more do they require?

All. They require all of the cash.

Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:50 AM UTC

hesarenu wrote: post #18

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm willing to bet the Ultra Large Container Vessel class boat-load of money Apple is making helps there.

Doesn't apple have around 100 billion cash reserve. How much more do they require?

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Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by Razengan » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:50 AM UTC

tibbydudeza wrote: post #24

This is their Blizzard moment. So Apple are just the same as Google , Facebook and the rest of them , top please their shareholders for the almighty buck. So the lesson here is to rather use the Android platform if you want "freedom".

> So Apple are just the same as Google

> So the lesson here is to rather use the Android platform

..... do people even read the scripts they're given

Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by huntermeyer » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:54 AM UTC

Is Waze still on their app store?

Police/Gov't can use apps/devices to spy on citizens, but how dare we reciprocate. Dark times.

Re: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

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Post by potatofarmer45 » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 4:54 AM UTC

The Chinese Government shakedown works like the mob. First they ask for a small favor, and then as you get deeper and deeper in the web, the demands increase. If you've already censored the NYTimes, then Quartz, why not a maps app?

It's time the world took collective action (which we're beginning to see) to push back before self-censorship with the threat of coordinated "spontaneous patriotism" creates a new norm where apps that empower hate by the Chinese state is "acceptable" like WeChat and all other apps are banned for frivolous reasons.