this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2025
186 points (100.0% liked)

USA | United states of America

247 readers
2 users here now

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Kokomheart@lemmy.ca
altair222@beehaw.org
186
Apple and Google block apps that crowdsource ICE sightings. Some warn of chilling effects (apnews.com)
submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@lemmy.ca
17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Arcka@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Though even Apple were pushing html5 web apps at the time and didn't initially allow 3rd-party apps. The app store later launched on July 10, 2008.

[โ€“] nik282000@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The point still stands that for 17 of the 18 years that modern 'Smart Phones' have been a thing, locked down, data mining apps have been pushed as the default.