<story><title>Apple Approves Parler to Return to App Store</title><url>https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/19/apple-parler-return-app-store/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pdog</author><text>The chilling effect is real. Even if service is reinstated, the precedent is now that major platforms can arbitrarily censor your news stories for weeks, shut down your servers, and remove your apps from their app stores. Why would anyone build anything remotely controversial on these platforms?</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Approves Parler to Return to App Store</title><url>https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/19/apple-parler-return-app-store/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>yabones</author><text>From the linked article [1]:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; In court filings and elsewhere, Parler has said that it had been developing an artificial intelligence-based content moderation system when the larger platforms&amp;#x27; crackdown took place.&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t see this ending well...&lt;p&gt;...Also, did they finalize a deal for hosting? I recall seeing their absurd hosting spec [2] that would have cost &amp;gt;$250K&amp;#x2F;mo, and I don&amp;#x27;t see that working anywhere other than AWS&amp;#x2F;GCP&amp;#x2F;Azure or a dedicated datacenter.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;edition.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;apple-parler-app-store&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;edition.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;apple-parler-app-sto...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;th3j35t3r&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1350612426115452935&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;th3j35t3r&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1350612426115452935&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>