[HN Gopher] AppleCensorship
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AppleCensorship
Author : maxwell
Score : 107 points
Date : 2022-04-21 17:28 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| TIPSIO wrote:
| For the project/mission: No specific comment. Good luck with
| whatever you are trying to do.
|
| For the site: I get the design choice to try and draw
| inspiration/influence from apple.com but this instead comes
| across as almost like a phishing site. I recommend finding a
| healthier balance.
| jeabays wrote:
| bombcar wrote:
| Apple is going to crawl up the apple of this website so fast.
| cirrus3 wrote:
| meh.. censorship detector is not what this actually does. Read
| the https://applecensorship.com/methodology/
|
| "a web crawler that indexes all apps available in any of the
| countries and regions which currently have an App Store, and
| verifies availability of these apps on each of these App Stores."
|
| "So if an app is unavailable in one or more app stores, does it
| mean it has been censored by apple? No. Unfortunately, no
| algorithm could ever detect censorship that easily, for the
| simple reason that censorship is a human decision that is
| invisible in the binary realm of the World Wide Web. What the ASM
| does is detect if an app is available somewhere but unavailable
| elsewhere."
| bmarquez wrote:
| From the website:
|
| > Ultimately, only by contacting the developer, can one confirm
| censorship.
|
| Yeah I wish the website did this for every app listed, because
| claiming censorship if a developer temporarily removes an app
| in a region for language fixes or bugs makes it seem like a boy
| who cried wolf situation. At its current form it's more of a
| "is this app available in your region?" database.
| lostlogin wrote:
| Thanks.
|
| The puzzle app deleted locally had me scratching me head.
| epgui wrote:
| This website is basically a persecution complex by design haha.
| etchalon wrote:
| "Here's a list of actions which might be nefarious! We don't
| know, and we're not gonna find out, but we can imply they are!"
| duskwuff wrote:
| They're also treating any app that's removed from sale as
| having been "censored" -- even though that includes apps which
| were removed by their own developer. (For example, it ends up
| including Facebook Lite, which Facebook discontinued in 2020.)
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| There's also a lot of apps listed under "Disappeared Apps"
| which look like legitimate removals for content issues, like
| scams or trademark infringement.
| VoidWhisperer wrote:
| Perhaps i'm missing something (is it supposed to be part of the
| 'censorship'?) but the apple logo covers parts of the text at the
| top on mobile
| drcongo wrote:
| What absolute horseshit.
| jonathanberger wrote:
| Why... why whoever made this page, would you choose to display a
| feedback modal right as first time visitors view your page? If
| collecting feedback is the most important thing you want someone
| to do make it front and center page content. And if it's not,
| then don't.
|
| I was mildly curious about the site but upon seeing the modal it
| was an immediate back button click for me.
| clarge1120 wrote:
| The reason to display a feedback modal is that the digital
| marketing establishment says they work. They even acknowledge
| that popups are annoying and can cost a few visitors.
| darkteflon wrote:
| I think even the most craven digital marketing executive
| would agree that it might make sense to give people a chance
| to see your content, before soliciting feedback... on your
| content.
| mig39 wrote:
| Whenever I see one of those on a site, I actually to the survey
| and fill it in with "it's annoying to be asked to do a survey
| before I even get to view the content." And hope that gets
| through to them.
| RattlesnakeJake wrote:
| LOL, that's great. I just did the same.
| rayslemaias wrote:
| memish wrote:
| When I first saw this I thought it was from Apple and was
| impressed by the transparency.
| clarge1120 wrote:
| I am saddened by the acceptance of corporate censorship in the
| USA. The degree we are will to go to in order to score
| politically is shortsighted.
|
| I have my political views, and wish everyone agreed with them. I
| even want my opponents to shut the hell up. But, I don't want
| them silenced by govt or corporate powers. Let the argument
| change my mind or theirs.
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