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Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store

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Post by Grustaf »

raverbashing wrote: post #353
hugi wrote: post #239

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Americans being American. "We love freedom of speech but fuck you if your product name mentions a chemical compound or a word I or someone else might find offending".

For purporting themselves as worldwide champions of freedom of speech it's kinda funny to see how Americans react when that freedom of speech involves sexuality, cursing or substance use. Show as much violence in a movie as you want, but two swearwords and the rating is bumped up.

Their puritans. Remember when Janet Jackson showed her nipple during superbowl or something? The whole country went bananas.

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Post by owenmarshall »

throwaway201103 wrote: post #422
smnrchrds wrote: post #415

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I’m assuming that the long term contract also carries with it a warranty? I believe so. But the price is so unreasonably high that you could replace the furnace literally 3 to 5 times and you would still be ahead compared to renting the furnace. How many people would purchase an extended warranty that is priced at multiples of the price of the object they are buying? More than none, but a very small number. New ren…

That's the way warranties work. Warranty providers are not offering them at a loss. If you buy a home warranty, or an extended warranty for your car, you are (on average) going to be out of pocket more than you would be without it. You are buying it for the peace of mind that comes from not having to deal with an unlikely but major repair expense.

The question is, are people buying these products for that peace of mind, or are they buying it because they are not a savvy consumer?

Or worse, because they are over leveraged and unable to fund a replacement without an installment plan – so they have no better option?

I’m not sure. I can see a consumer protection argument to be made.

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Post by jethro_tell »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #406
jethro_tell wrote: post #308

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is still not it. He's not facing a government warrent. Freedom of speech means the government won't/can't prosecute you for what you say. It doesn't have anything to do with how companies or private citizens respond to your words. You're (usually) legally allowed to say you'll fuck my mom but I don't have to bring you over for family dinner. One could contend that apple's refusal to host this app on it's store i…

> Freedom of speech means the government won't/can't prosecute you for what you say The First Amendment says this. Freedom of speech is “a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction” [1]. It is broader than the First Amendment, and gave rise to it, though the First Amendment is its most successfu…

No, you have the right to hold and express any view you want.

You don't get to choose peoples reaction or the way they view you after you say something. That would be infringing on their right to hold or express opinions about your views.

What's complicated about that?

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Post by sangnoir »

mmaunder wrote: post #23

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.

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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Post by kortex »

blatherard wrote: post #142

I thought I should look at the App Store and see what this app is doing in comparison to similar apps. The logo is basically a big pill and the tagline "Powerful keep-awake utility" which is clearly alluding to the drug. https://imgur.com/a/RJXHaBa This was consistent with the feedback the author received: "[the] app appears to promote inappropriate use of controlled substances. Specifically, your app name and icon i…

What drug-use angle are they pushing? The pill logo is actually pretty typical of generic 15mg amphetamine/dexamphetamine salts, a common ADHD prescription, and nothing about the tagline strikes me as drug-adjacent. "Powerful keep-awake utility"? It does what it says on the tin.

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Post by DoofusOfDeath »

megablast wrote: post #364
DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. I've found that there's a meta-skill in life: accepting that one can't right every injustice, and to not let that fact prevent you from being happy.

A great way to justify not doing anything.

> A great way to justify not doing anything.

People are good at rationalizing. I'm sure my earlier comment, and many others, would be sufficient justification for someone inclined to do nothing.

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Post by sebmellen »

sangnoir wrote: post #444
mmaunder wrote: post #23

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.

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…

This is brilliant. I can't wait until we see an actual Apple ad with this script. Maybe 2021 will deliver!

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Post by coffeemug »

> Apple became the place that I lost feeling of physical and psychological safety and the terror that it inflicted on me has impacted me on such a core level that the painful memories and flashbacks have replaced my dreams and they will hunt me until I am alive.

I'm sure Apple is a political quagmire, but if you describe your experience working there the same way someone might describe their time at Auschwitz, it's probably you and not them.

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