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The big chill continues freezing Apple
Apple Ices Ice Tracking App
#Apple #ICEBlock #Tech #Politics
https://warnercrocker.com/2025/10/03/apple-ices-ice-tracking-app/
Joshua Aaron, creator of ICEBlock, has asked Apple to reinstate the app in its online store, telling CNBC in an interview that when the app was first submitted it had been through a heavy review process, and that he is consulting an attorney. The app, which can be used to anonymously report sightings of ICE agents and other authorities, was removed after pressure from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. The FBI claimed that a gunman who attacked a Dallas ICE facility used apps that tracked ICE agents. Aaron likens it to apps that allow drivers to report sightings of law enforcement officers so they can warn others and avoid speeding tickets.
#Apple #AppStore #ICEBlock #Technology #Tech #TrumpAdministration #USNews #PamBondi
Joshua Aaron, creator of ICEBlock, has asked Apple to reinstate the app in its online store, telling CNBC in an interview that when the app was first submitted it had been through a heavy review process, and that he is consulting an attorney. The app, which can be used to anonymously report sightings of ICE agents and other authorities, was removed after pressure from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. The FBI claimed that a gunman who attacked a Dallas ICE facility used apps that tracked ICE agents. Aaron likens it to apps that allow drivers to report sightings of law enforcement officers so they can warn others and avoid speeding tickets.
#Apple #AppStore #ICEBlock #Technology #Tech #TrumpAdministration #USNews #PamBondi
Time and time again Trump's ICE goons have illegally and violently arrested citizens on questionable grounds leading to a large number of lawsuits.
So citizens have created an app to track where Trump sends his thugs, which has been downloaded more than a million times.
But in Tim Cook's fascist loving monopoly, there is no room for crowd sourcing that information via the App Store. So Apple has now removed the app.
Thank you to the EU , sorry for people in the greedy UFA ( with a F )
Installing apps through alternative app distribution in the European Union
If you’re based in the European Union, you can install apps from sources other than the App Store on your iPhone or iPad.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/117767?cid=ot-ols-apps-article_117767-installation_message-02022024
As @pluralistic mentioned in a recent blog entry mentioning VPN apps being removed from the Chinese app store and now with #iceblock being removed, It seems to me there are also very strong ethical reasons (As well as economical) to outright stop companies from running walled gardens on devices you supposedly own outright. Cut the crap excuses Apple https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/empty-threats/#500-million-affluent-consumers #tech #technology
The big chill continues freezing Apple
Apple Ices Ice Tracking App
#Apple #ICEBlock #Tech #Politics
https://warnercrocker.com/2025/10/03/apple-ices-ice-tracking-app/
As @pluralistic mentioned in a recent blog entry mentioning VPN apps being removed from the Chinese app store and now with #iceblock being removed, It seems to me there are also very strong ethical reasons (As well as economical) to outright stop companies from running walled gardens on devices you supposedly own outright. Cut the crap excuses Apple https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/empty-threats/#500-million-affluent-consumers #tech #technology
People should forget all their ideas about #Apple not being evil like Google, Microsoft and Meta...
"Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today.."
https://www.404media.co/iceblock-owner-after-apple-removes-app-we-are-determined-to-fight-this/
#apple #evil #ice #trump #iceblock
People should forget all their ideas about #Apple not being evil like Google, Microsoft and Meta...
"Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today.."
https://www.404media.co/iceblock-owner-after-apple-removes-app-we-are-determined-to-fight-this/
#apple #evil #ice #trump #iceblock
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