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Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation launched a new app that will make it easier for people to take action on digital rights issues using their phone. The app allows folks to connect to their action center quickly and easily, using a variety of mobile devices. Sadly, though, they had to leave out Apple devices and the folks who use them.
Why? "Because we could not agree to the outrageous terms in Apple’s Developer Agreement and Apple’s DRM requirements. As we have been saying for years now, the Developer Agreement is bad for developers and users alike."
The EFF has a petition to try to get Apple to change their abusive and anti-competitive policies. The EFF does a lot of good work defending everyone's rights and freedoms online. Consider signing it. Note: you can sign on any browser, including mobile browsers on an iPhone
(Score: 4, Insightful) by GungnirSniper on Thursday January 08 2015, @11:01PM
Unless the app needs something like accelerometer access, why not just use a website? Isn't the whole point of web standards that we don't need custom apps for every damn thing? What does this app do that going to https://act.eff.org/ [eff.org] can't?
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(Score: 2) by everdred on Friday January 09 2015, @12:01AM
Frictionless donations via in-app purchases using a saved valid payment method. Access to the device's contact list to easily share content with friends. A continuing icon presence on the user's home screen/apps list. Presence in the app store, which is like a much more cleanly curated web search. (Obvious 'gatekeeper' problems notwithstanding.)
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 09 2015, @12:13AM
So you're saying the app is better in many ways for EFF, not the phone's owner.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Friday January 09 2015, @12:28AM
As it is the case with the great majority of the apps out there (but not all). Does it come as a surprise to you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by everdred on Friday January 09 2015, @05:53PM
Yes, better overall for EFF. And also better for the phone's owner, to whatever extent they actually want these features.
(Score: 2) by Daiv on Friday January 09 2015, @03:35PM
I came to say the same thing. Before the iPhone even had apps, Steve touted web apps. I still have a couple I keep on my phone that I've had since the original iPhone. I have to imaging anyone involved enough in the fight to know about and support the EFF would be willing to put a web app on their iPhone. It's a "good enough" solution that will work for all intents and purposes.