On: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

[bmarquez]

Apple's walled garden is a double-edged sword.

If Apple would allow users to easily* sideload applications like Android, protesters can easily bypass these types of bans.

*telling someone to install Xcode or Cydia Impactor and resigning a certificate every 7 days is too much for the average user

[scarface74 → bmarquez]

Or if all the app does is report police presence using your location, they could create a website and not need an app at all....

[jonfw → scarface74]

hkmap.live

The map is online as well, I guess they also wanted the app

[scarface74 → jonfw]

What does the app do that the website doesn’t?

[vzidex → scarface74]

Nothing much, which some people argue is additional justification for Apple removing it - one of their rules is that apps have to use native iOS features, and can't just be glorified webapps.

[qzx_pierri → scarface74]

It’s not that easy to create a website in China. You need an ICP license to run a website over there.

[umeshunni → qzx_pierri]

Not in Hong Kong, only in the mainland.