Get out, now.

  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Both Apple and Google terms of service require apps to have a blocking feature built in. Elmo been spouting off again without actually knowing anything. As of this evening he’s figured out that’s not something he can actually do and deleted his tweet.

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      11 months ago

      Or he does know this and is intentionally trying to run Twitter down to get out his purchase of ot that was legally enforced after he tried to back out

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        11 months ago

        Seems a little late to get out of the purchase, having brought the company private and rebranded it already…

        He’s not playing 4d chess here, he’s playing a different game:

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      11 months ago

      The stores need apps to be able to block users. Not other users blocking users from their feed

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      11 months ago

      On the one hand, lol, on the other, we shouldn’t need permission from either of those companies to do a goddamn thing.

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        11 months ago

        You don’t. The only thing you need their permission for is to work with them (by putting something in their stores). I feel it’s reasonable to give them that power.

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        11 months ago

        He doesn’t need their permission. He could just publish an APK for Android and provide side-loading instructions for iOS, but the majority of app users are never going to do that, so they’d just never see another app update ever again.