Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate::Legal firm had said Real World Portal encouraged misogyny and there was evidence to suggest it is an illegal pyramid scheme
I don’t believe that this app was created by Andrew Tate.
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate
Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/sep/22/apple-criticised-for-hosting-app-created-by-andrew-tate
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darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Fuck that shitstain, I hope people demand refunds and he’s forced to pay.
30mag@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The firm has also claimed that there is evidence to suggest that the app is an illegal pyramid scheme, with members being charged $49.99 a month to join.
I wish this was explained a little more.
gila@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Affiliate marketing is what they’re doing under “Hustler’s university”. Probably the same thing.
30mag@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ok, thanks
TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 1 year ago
Indeed. Affiliate marketing is another term for multi-level marketing, which itself offers a thin veneer of legitimacy to a more typical pyramid scheme.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Very simple, really. An app that charged less than $49.99 would be poor-guy shit.
UnD3Rgr0uNDCL0wN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dontcha know, thats how you become …checks notes… “Top G”
thecam@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The reason why you should not have an iPhone. It is a walled garden and Apple is the ministry of truth in this walled garden.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I agree, but this is not the app to die for.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean, sure, I will almost always die on this hill - but for something that supports harming women (or people in general), and/or is part of a pyramid scheme? Naw dawg ima dip out for a second and go get some smokes (and also never come back).
Now, if it was like an app that was supporting human rights or something that is being removed, sure, it’s bad to have an entity control what you see/hear/interact with. And there may be gray areas between those two examples. But suppressing a human(s) just because the developer has a tiny pp and needs to overcompensate to the max? And try to gain traction and supporters to do the same? Uhh, no fucking way.
thecam@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean, sure, I will almost always die on this hill - but for something that [Insert excuse here]
Now, if it was like an app that [Insert app that I like], sure.
Really bro? Lets say you liked Jimmy. Jimmy was a contraversal guy and Jimmy had the Jimmy app on the App Store. Then Apple took down the Jimmy app since they do not like Jimmy, Jimmy is too contraversal, Jimmy triggers too many people online.
You either die on this hill of being against censorship or you don’t.
You do not have to like or support Andrew Tate to be against his app being taken off the App Store.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sounds like you’re trying to justify defending a rapist.
thecam@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I am criticizing the closed garden iOS ecosystem. This has nothing to do with Andrew Tate except the fact his app was censored for being “contraversal”.
gmtom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I love going onto the profiles of people that make dumbass comments like this because it’s never a 1 off dumb comment that got downvotes, it’s always that their profile is filled with either lazy troll comments or just stupid bullshit.
And this guy is certainly no exception, my favourite is him denying climate change and trying to claim that its all just a communist conspiracy.
ilmagico@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or stuff like:
Someone needs to firebomb the school board.
oh wait, that was you…
Honestly, I don’t care if he’s a climate denier or full on conspiracy theorist about everything, even a broken clock is right twice a day right? So when they say something right, I acknowledge it (and even people like you that, based on their profile are usually a bit less crazy, occasionally say crazy things as above).
Dultas@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Free heating for the masses?
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I do think it’s hilarious how you’re viciously defending fraud and pyramid schemes. “People MUST be allowed to rob other people, and Apple MUST help and support theft!”
Just amazing.
NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 year ago
One thing I will say for the Open Source bros on here, they’re at least apolitically consistent. More than can be said for lots of ideologies these days.
Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I’m surprised there was an all caps free speech somewhere in there tbh. 😅
nyctre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dunno… this feels like the first genuinely good news I’ve heard apple linked with in a long while.
thecam@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How is censorship good news? Yeah this is all about Andrew Tate, but that is not the point. The point is that censorship is bad and censorship can occur on centralized app stores were it is done for “politicial” reasons.
I don’t care if you think Andrew Tate is evil, it is the action of banning an app because “we do not like you”. That is the problem and Apple users have no choice since they are in a walled garden.
Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Google had this removed from the play store before lmao sure you could download the APK, but that’s way less user friendly and people he’s trying to target aren’t going to
ilmagico@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Right, Google still allows some kind of freedom by allowing you to sideload the apk, while still doing the right thing and removing this abominations their store. Win win. Apple sucks (imho).
ilmagico@lemmy.world 1 year ago
While I would never need anything with Andrew Tate’s name on it, I absolutely agree with the statement and that’s why I stick with android. Upvoted.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’m not justifying a racist here but I’m just here to say I like sideloading apks. Fuck Andrew Tate.
HollandJim@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Let’s all agree to call him “Andrew Hate” and maybe this shitshow can finish earlier than later.
IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I would prefer to not talk about him at all, but if there’s any reason to discuss him I’d prefer to call him farthole taint. Or just farthole. Or .
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 year ago
let’s all call him drumpf and surely he will be gone
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Last week, the Real World Portal app was removed from Google’s Play store after claims that it was an illegal pyramid scheme and encouraged misogyny.
Before the news that Apple had withdrawn the app, Matt Jury, the lawyer representing the women, said: “Andrew and [his brother] Tristan Tate manipulate their significant online following to promote subscriptions to Real World Portal.
He and Tristan were charged in June, along with two Romanian female suspects, with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
A spokesperson for Andrew Tate said: “We unequivocally deny the allegations that ‘The Real World’ app operates as a pyramid scheme or perpetuates harmful techniques aimed at exploiting any individuals, particularly women.
“Accusations suggesting otherwise are unfounded, lacking credible evidence, and seem to be part of a targeted campaign against Andrew Tate, a known supporter and promoter of the platform.
“The platform is designed as an educational tool that fosters healthy habit formation, financial literacy, and self-discipline, with thousands of lives positively impacted.
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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I’m an Apple person. I love their platforms and could be described as a “fanboy” by people who don’t employ critical thinking. That said, I want to know if Apple will forfeit the profits from sales / subscriptions of this app. They probably won’t. Fuck them if they don’t.
cryostars@lemmyf.uk 1 year ago
Fanboys of corporations are cringe tbh
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Are anti-fanboys of corpos cringe? I won’t touch anything Google. I’m mostly a Windows person who is now dabbling in Linux, but I detest google things.
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I favor some corporations over others, based upon the quality of their products and/or services and their ethics. I don’t consider myself a fanboy of those corporations, but I guess some people could say that. I think you get into fanboy territory once you start evangelizing.
wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
This guy thinks if he calls people out for not employing critical thinking, he can just be what he doesn’t want to be labeled as, without anyone calling him out.
Lol. Nice try.
coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Created”