Comment on Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate

• SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But if you view internet service providers, as common carriers, i.e. telecommunition utilities - then yes they should be forced to, unless it’s illegal.

  Forced to how exactly? This isn’t forcing a company to provide water for an individual, this is forcing a company to provide non-essential services to a business.

  Can the provider raise prices? Can they change their contract? Are they forced to provide these services in perpetuity?

  But let’s say the unpopular app is self hosting its own website, serving its own PWA from its own servers, as long as there isn’t a court order, I don’t think utilities should shut them down.

  Oh, that would be great actually, I hope they do that.

  That way, they’ll get doxed within 5.2 seconds of the app going live and everybody will know the people on the app.

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  • jet@hackertalks.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you view them as private companies, then they can have opinions and they can’t be forced.

    If you view them as utilities, like the water company and the power company, then they have to be forced to provide equal services for equal pay to all people.

    It’s up to you to decide which internet infrastructure counts as utility, there’s a lot of debate around that.

    I would also like them to self host. I’m not sure they’d get doxed, we know it’s Andrew Tate after all, but they would get DDoSed. Plus his fans tend to be the kind of people who tell you they’re his fans. And they follow him on social media. They’re not exactly hiding

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    • SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you view them as utilities, like the water company and the power company, then they have to be forced to provide equal services for equal pay to all people.

      To businesses too? Are water and power companies forced to provide services to any and all businesses?

      I’m not sure they’d get doxed, we know it’s Andrew Tate after all, but they would get DDoSed.

      Well, I assume he’s not the only one to participate on his forum or website.

      Plus his fans tend to be the kind of people who tell you they’re his fans.

      I’m not concerned about the ones that do, I’m concerned about the ones that don’t.

      They’re not exactly hiding

      But you wouldn’t know about the ones hiding, because they would be… hiding.

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      • jet@hackertalks.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Public Utilities are required to provide services to the public without discrimination, or personal agenda. That is why they are utilities.

        If the Power company decided it wouldn’t power specific religious buildings because they disagree with that faith, then they would be in violation of the public trust. Lawsuits at the very least, and probably changing the utility company with the local monopoly.

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• JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why are you talking about internet service providers? This is an article about the app store. The app store is in no way a common carrier. Neither is any operating system. Neither is any hardware platform.

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