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0 pointsstrommen10y ago0 comments

To be clear - I have no problem with this service getting shut down, as it's clearly intended to violate the user's privacy. But to say you must use APIs as "prescribed" by Apple is way too broad and subjective.

I'm sure the iOS developer Terms of Service forbids this at some level. If not, then update it. Then say you're shutting this down because it violates the TOS.

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ceejayoz10y ago

That's a good way to get a million page TOS.

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

> We will reject Apps for any content or behavior that we believe is over the line. What line, you ask? Well, as a Supreme Court Justice once said, "I'll know it when I see it". And we think that you will also know it when you cross it.

derefr10y ago

What would you think of "don't use our APIs in such a way that, if your users found out you had used them that way, they'd want that API removed to force you to stop"? That's essentially what's being discussed here.

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