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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:00 AM Original message |
WikiLeaks app yanked from Apple's App Store |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Move along. Nothing to see here." - Your 'Friends' at Apple |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Fascist corporate control of information is on full display lately |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You can still read wikileaks on an iphone (or whatever) |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's still fascism. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. It isn't fascism. There's no control over the information here. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Then why block the app? n/t |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Perhaps they'd rather you not pay $1.99 to access what they offer you for free? |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. OMFG!!! |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I know right? n/t |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. So, you also consider this "fascism"? |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I think it's an indicator of a growing corporatocracy... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Reasoned stance. However |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That test could be applied to any app that... |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. A pattern appears to be emerging. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Oh please. Is that really your best argument? |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. More absurd than you calling yanking an iPhone app "fascism"? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. But Apple is Just Like Hitler! |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Seems like this app is just like Amazon's bundle for Kindle. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Well, I guess not. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. In capitalist America, machine rages against you. -NT- |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. Where are the Steve Jobs lovers now? nt |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. We should all e-mail the Steve Jobs address at Apple and see what happens. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I will |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. Apps are almost always pulled for legal or technical reasons. It uses an API. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
19. Oooh. Stress test of pristine Apple vs pristine Wikileaks!!! |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. LOL - n/t |
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sirthomas66 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
25. Apple is dead to me now. Hope companies quit making me |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. til the iPhone 5, anyway, right? nt |
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sirthomas66 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Nope. I'm old and have ethics and moral convictions of a different. Once |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. In other words, you want to see if the iPhone 5 has 4G. nt |
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sirthomas66 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Nah, I don't care about LTE. I don't care about high tech stuff |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I'm just funnin' you. nt |
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sirthomas66 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yeah, I thought so... NP. Good handle, you've got there. Later. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I switched to an android phone. |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. Apple's scumbaggery is showing again! |
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savalez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yet another reason for me not to buy Apple products. |
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rexcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. Makes me glad I don't own anything Apple... |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. Apple apparently developed the iCoward |
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