<story><title>Apple to Remove Nostr Damus from App Store for Bitcoin Tipping Feature</title><url>https://twitter.com/damusapp/status/1673326463297392640</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>threeseed</author><text>Which will unravel the App Store.&lt;p&gt;Because the benefits of side loading on iOS are so massive that everyone will use it i.e. you can use private APIs, bypass Apple&amp;#x27;s privacy controls, implement device tracking, harvest data e.g. contacts.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s going to be a huge transfer of power and wealth back to the likes of Meta, Epic etc</text></item><item><author>max_</author><text>You can always give people an effective way to sideload applications.</text></item><item><author>rcoder</author><text>Choose one:&lt;p&gt;1. Full-on libre: speech, financial flows, technical architecture, etc. (i.e., basically the entire raison d&amp;#x27;être for Nostr)&lt;p&gt;-or-&lt;p&gt;2. Live and work inside the walled garden of Apple + Google&amp;#x27;s app stores&lt;p&gt;You really can&amp;#x27;t have it both ways.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>UncleMeat</author><text>Android has had sideloading forever, yet the Play Store still is the most popular store by miles.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple to Remove Nostr Damus from App Store for Bitcoin Tipping Feature</title><url>https://twitter.com/damusapp/status/1673326463297392640</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>threeseed</author><text>Which will unravel the App Store.&lt;p&gt;Because the benefits of side loading on iOS are so massive that everyone will use it i.e. you can use private APIs, bypass Apple&amp;#x27;s privacy controls, implement device tracking, harvest data e.g. contacts.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s going to be a huge transfer of power and wealth back to the likes of Meta, Epic etc</text></item><item><author>max_</author><text>You can always give people an effective way to sideload applications.</text></item><item><author>rcoder</author><text>Choose one:&lt;p&gt;1. Full-on libre: speech, financial flows, technical architecture, etc. (i.e., basically the entire raison d&amp;#x27;être for Nostr)&lt;p&gt;-or-&lt;p&gt;2. Live and work inside the walled garden of Apple + Google&amp;#x27;s app stores&lt;p&gt;You really can&amp;#x27;t have it both ways.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>axus</author><text>None of those seem like benefits to the iPhone owner; why wouldn&amp;#x27;t I use the App Store?</text></comment>