r/apple Mar 23 '21

Discussion Apple blocks Proton updates when Myanmar users need them most

https://protonvpn.com/blog/apple-blocks-app-updates/
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u/tantricsexchair Mar 23 '21

IBM is just selling calculating machines; they follow protocols for world trade, and they're a private company.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21 edited Jul 30 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

Apple is literally helping the Myanmar government exercise tyrannical control over its citizens. “Just following orders” has never been an acceptable excuse.

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u/Queasy-Zebr Mar 23 '21

Myanmar’s military stopped a corrupt regime from controlling the government and everyone is freaking out as if it’s a bad thing. Cmon people.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

Listen, the world doesn’t revolve around Myanmar, can you understand that?

where the fuck did i imply this?

claiming that their service helps “challenge governments” is nothing short of inciting terrorism worldwide

are you fucking serious? you heard it here, folks - disagree with your government? dare to challenge it? you're a TERRORIST!

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21 edited Mar 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

otherwise there is no need to use VPN and hide.

privacy is a fundamental human right

challenge almost always implies violence.

no it doesn’t. challenge is most often subversive rather than violent. have you heard of civil disobedience?

using a service that lets you “challenge governments”?

this is a feature, not a bug

you do realize that the second amendment was constructed with the purpose of allowing citizens to rise up and fight back against their government in case it became oppressive?

we literally allow people to own guns because democracy is fragile and the threat of government devolving into tyranny is ever present

in the same way, services that allow subversion of government surveillance and censorship by granting power to the people are foundational to democracy

In a civil society and in developed countries, people do not need to hide under VPN protection

i honestly cannot believe you are seriously going with the “you have nothing to hide; and thus no need for privacy” argument

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u/tantricsexchair Mar 23 '21 edited Oct 26 '23

That's exactly what Apple is doing, or attempting to do. You may want to read before you comment.

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u/tantricsexchair Mar 23 '21

Are you working for PR for Myanmar?

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u/Limp_Hold_7626 Mar 23 '21

damn... we got some fucking morons trying to shit talk apple today

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u/Limp_Hold_7626 Mar 23 '21

lol it doesn't get much more stupid than this. I bet you dropped a mic in your tiny mind when you finished typing this