reclaimthenet on Nostr: Imagine what would have been lost if Microsoft had to approve every app you were ...

Imagine what would have been lost if Microsoft had to approve every app you were allowed to install on your PC back in the 1990s.

Apple's policies are one of the biggest obstacles to freedom right now. Its dominion is entrenched within a walled garden and its business model is the ultimate form of gatekeeping.

It's stifling innovation - a single Big Tech company deciding which apps are allowed to live or die, and imposing an artificial ceiling on technological ingenuity.

All while Apple's own business model is increasingly reliant on the least-innovative idea of all: a toll booth on the only highway in and out of town.

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Damus will be removed from the app store in 14 days, apple says zaps are not allowed on their platform because they *could* be used by content creators to sell digital content. This is right before I’m about to give my talk at the oslo freedom forum on how decentralized social networks with lightning integration are bringing financial freedom to the masses... pretty sus… 😕

This would be a watershed moment: If people can’t transact freely p2p on their platform, this has huge implications for the entire ecosystem of apps with lightning integration and v4v.