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Sorry iPhone Users: Apple’s Dev Agreement Means No EFF Mobile App for iOS

posted by Blackmoore on Thursday January 08 2015, @10:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the walled-garden dept.

Nerdfest writes:

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

 
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  • (Score: 2) by everdred on Friday January 09 2015, @12:01AM

    by everdred (110) on Friday January 09 2015, @12:01AM (#133045) Homepage Journal

    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.)

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 09 2015, @12:13AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 09 2015, @12:13AM (#133047)

    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

      by c0lo (156) on Friday January 09 2015, @12:28AM (#133052) Journal

      So you're saying the app is better in many ways for EFF, not the phone's owner.

      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?

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    • (Score: 2) by everdred on Friday January 09 2015, @05:53PM

      by everdred (110) on Friday January 09 2015, @05:53PM (#133248) Homepage Journal

      Yes, better overall for EFF. And also better for the phone's owner, to whatever extent they actually want these features.