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Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)

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Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate::Legal firm had said Real World Portal encouraged misogyny and there was evidence to suggest it is an illegal pyramid scheme

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[–] ilmagico@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have android, I don't feel many "social ramifications" thankfully. Android is a bit more free, but it's still ran by a large corporation that can change the rules at will, so there is no truly free (as in "freedom") option. So, maybe it's a duopoly instead of a monopoly, not much better really.

(ok ok, there are some fringe minor alternatives, but not really ready for prime time).

[+] hyperhopper@lemmy.ml -12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have had girls halfway through giving me their number, stop because they realize it's not an iPhone. I have friends I hang out with multiple times a week for almost a decade that don't add me to the friends group chat because it's 15 iOS users and most don't want to deal with non iMessage messaging. Are you seriously telling me you've never been in a single groupchat where people say things like "Wait who doesn't have an iPhone in here"? Because I've been in dozens.

At least on Android you can load any app you want at any time even if Google delists it from the play store. Literally did this the other day to install an app that Google didn't allow that was only hosted on fdroid

[–] ilmagico@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I have had girls halfway through giving me their number, stop because they realize it's not an iPhone

They're doing you a favor: they're telling you they're too shallow and care more about what you own than who you are. Works great to filter those people, I'd call it a feature not a bug :)

Are you seriously telling me you've never been in a single groupchat where people say things like "Wait who doesn't have an iPhone in here"? Because I've been in dozens.

Never ever, but maybe my friends actually care about me more than my phone (also we use whatsapp so it doesn't matter). Only thing I can say is, sorry ...