Developer of Amphetamine, which has been on the Mac App Store since 2014 and has 400K+ downloads, says Apple is threatening to remove the app due to its name
Amphetamine is a free app that helps keep your Mac awake. Amphetamine has been on the Mac App Store since 2014 and it's been downloaded over 432,800 times.
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@tolmasky
Francisco Tolmasky
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It kind of feels like how on Day 1 of the Trump presidency he just tried to get better hotel deals with foreign countries. It was like, really, that was the big plan? That's how you're going to abuse the office? At least do something more diabolical! This is just... boring. Tacky…
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@brockgs
Brock Gunter-Smith
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@dhh I expect to be insulted & attacked for this, however: 1. I love the app 2. Big Pharma and the FDA disgust me (generally) 3. I don't like that a controlled substance that is habit forming, ripe for abuse and overdose is the brand image 4. Apple is puritanical, that's their ch…
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@tolmasky
Francisco Tolmasky
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As I hit “Buy Movie” in the Prime Video app (which only Amazon is allowed to do), it saddens me that the entire AppStore infrastructure is wielded as a comically complicated bargaining chip just so that Apple and Amazon can bully each other into... not charging each other fees.
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@tolmasky
Francisco Tolmasky
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Or, imagine Apple realizing their awesome power in the AppStore and dumping the Breitbart app. Maybe doing something bold with https://news.app/ to combat fake news. That's something worth facing anti-trust scrutiny for! Nope. Apple prefers to just dump Chinese games.
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@x74353
William C. Gustafson
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@Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the @AppStore if it is not completely rebranded and all “illegal drug” references aren't removed by 1/12/21. Help #SaveAmphetamine with a RT and by signing this petition! https://chng.it/...
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@dhh
@dhh
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Apple: This app that simply keeps your computer from going to sleep is promoting drug use. Also Apple: GTA 5 gets our Editors Choice for actively basing gameplay around drug use and drug trafficking 👏👏 https://twitter.com/...
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@dhh
@dhh
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“Apple contacted and informed me that, after 6 years on the Mac App Store, Amphetamine had spontaneously began violating one of Apple's App Store Guidelines”, another day, another capricious, inconsistent, unfair, backdated, incompetent abuse of power. https://github.com/...
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@lapcatsoftware
Jeff Johnson
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I've seen a lot of ridiculous claims by Apple over the years, but this one may take the cake. https://twitter.com/...