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Any clue how Apple is justifying this? What rules did these apps allegedly break?

Is it blocked globally, or only for U.S. app store phones? Are downloads blocked, or is the app being removed from phones it's already on?



The rule it breaks is Trump doesn’t like it. So Tim Cook bends the knee as the spineless little man he is.


Okay, but that's not what's being asked now is it? What's being asked is the explanation. They aren't telling saying to the public "we love the taste of boots" even if it is true.


No one would ever say this explicitly, but Tim Cook has very clearly shown it by his own personal actions and those of his company.


Okay, but you haven't answered the question either.

Do you not think I'm not aware that Apple is bending the knee? I'm pretty confident JumpCrissCross knows that too.

The question isn't about what's underneath the mask. The question is about what the mask is. What they're pretending the actual reason is. No one here is asking for the real reason because we're already aware. We're indicating it in the comments too. So by trying to tell us what's beneath the mask you're just creating more noise and making it harder to identify the mask


Oh, well, a quick Google gives you the answer I think you're looking for:

> In an email to ICEBlock creator Joshua Aaron, Apple wrote that “upon re-evaluation,” the app does not comply with its app store guidelines around “objectionable” and “defamatory, discriminatory, or mean-spirited content,” according to a copy of the message viewed by CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/tech/iceblock-apple-removed-t...


  > Oh, well, a quick Google gives you the answer I think you're looking for
The reason I made the first comment was not because I was unable to find the answer myself but because I wanted to push back against this type of commenting. To respond to what people are actually asking. Pressure to help push the culture of our community to be more productive.


It seems to me that the best way to "help push the culture of our community to be more productive" is to be more productive yourself, instead of engaging in meta-discussion about the community not being productive enough for your tastes. In other words, you could have just actually posted the answer to the question instead of scolding two other commenters for not doing so.




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