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  • Kanye West's 'Vultures 1' briefly pulled from Apple Music after distributor drama

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    9secondkox2 said:
    sooo... a musician is "not allowed" to sell music on the popular platforms?

    Ridiculous.

    Hope this gets sorted pronto.
    This is the logic of an Alex jones listener. If you think the government is making gay frogs then this makes sense. And if you think “aktualy Alex was kinda right” then the transformation is complete. 
    Xedwilliamlondonchasmwatto_cobra

  • Tim Cook picks an iPhone color, manages to praise them all

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    eightzero said:
    iOS_Guy80 said:
    Wonder if Tim Cook used his Apple credit card to buy the phone and earn that 3% cashback?
    What I was instantly curious about is how many activated iPhones Tim actually has. 
    I always assumed he cracked open a new one every morning. 
    watto_cobra

  • App Store terms probably won't stop X from turning off the block feature

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    davidw said:
    drdavid said:

    Oh, hail thee great Musk.... (bows to the great one)

    Blocking gets abused too much by those that want to have the last word without hearing a rebuttal, so I applaud this experimental change.

    Abused? Freedom of association (which includes freedom to not associate) means I am not required to listen to someone’s bs. No matter how much you personally value getting “the last word”. 
    That's the function of "mute". That is still available. A user can "mute" another user and not ever have to see any of their comments. That's your  right to "freedom of association". However, when a user "block" another user, that is preventing other users from exercising their "freedom of association". Even if the other users completely agree with you that the comments of the user you blocked, are BS, they might have a better understanding of the "spirit of the law" we here in the US refer to ....... as our 1st Amendment rights.

    Now I'm never been on twitter (X), but I'm assuming the "mute" function on twitter (X) works the same way as on most of the other forums that I am familiar with. Including this one. "Muting" protects my right to "freedom of association" by not having to see any of the comments of the user that I don't agree with and "blocking" would be me censoring the user whose comments I don't agree with, by preventing them from commenting at all.    

    As I said before, freedom to associate is also freedom to not associate. Your freedom to associate has limits. It is limited to people who are willing to associate with you. And no one is obligated to. 
    williamlondonAlex1Nwatto_cobrazoetmbdarkvaderStrangeDays

  • App Store terms probably won't stop X from turning off the block feature

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    coolfactor said:

    Oh, hail thee great Musk.... (bows to the great one)

    Blocking gets abused too much by those that want to have the last word without hearing a rebuttal, so I applaud this experimental change.

    Abused? Freedom of association (which includes freedom to not associate) means I am not required to listen to someone’s bs. No matter how much you personally value getting “the last word”. 
    roxsockswilliamlondonwatto_cobrazoetmb9secondkox2StrangeDays

  • App Store terms probably won't stop X from turning off the block feature

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    PaulBiC said:
    ericthehalfbee said:
    The “spirit of the law” is quite clear in Apple Developer Guidelines. Removing the ability for someone to block another account eliminates their ability to prevent “bullying”, an activity clearly stated by Apple in more than one area of their guidelines.

    Direct messages are only one way to bully someone. Constantly showing up in a persons threads and making comments is another form of bullying. I think Apple will respond if Musk removes the ability for users to block any account they wish.

    Appleinsider has blocked 5 accounts of mine - They can correct me - They will block me shortly. 
    And nothing of value was lost
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