Unlike previous bans, this one seems to be tied to phone numbers. So even users with non iOS/Google Play versions of the app can't access the blocked groups as long as they have a german number. There is a more in-detail article about the nitty-gritty on how the blocking seems to work:
As far as I understand: many people use Telegram channels as a sort of Twitter-like social media, since you can set the channel to publicly available and anyone with app can read what you wrote, and even interact with you through, like voting through giving your post an emoji or commenting on it (if you enabled comments).
The article is written in German, but with a Google Translate you can understand the just of it. Apparently Telegram added a new blocking system based on phone numbers, sorta a geo-blocking thing, and people with German phone numbers registered on their Telegram accounts aren't able to access those blocked channels.
Also, unlike the previous block this one applies even to the users who are using the app downloaded directly from Telegram site and not the iOS/Google Play version.
The blocking happens after German minister of interior had a meeting with Telegram directors a few days ago.
We are also having this discussion here in Brazil, some supreme court minister is all fussy and triggered because telegram doesn't bans ""misinformation"" and ""hate speech"".
>sue others to make them stop trying to hack your products/services
Chooses the second one. I'm pretty sure this is just a PR stunt for Apple to try to appeal and brand themselves as "oh, we stand for security" and all the other bullshit.
It is just a coincidence that not allowing sideload and making Apple the sole gatekeeper of what gets installed on all iPhones ends up – surprisingly – benefiting Apple and making then trillions of dollars every year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think many services nowadays end up offering a worst user experience in the name of "simplifying their interface" (I imagine this must be the only reason why Spotify wouldn't add this option).
Not only on this case but, for instance, it would be nice if spotify easily allowed someone to import their playlist from other services, or even from some text playlist. But they don't add these options. And I don't understand why.
Like, technically I assume it make sense for them to make as much of a pain in the ass to EXPORT your spotify playlists to other services, but they should make as easy as possible for the user to bring their favorite playlists and yadda yadda to Spotify.
I fully agree with you. I'm absolute skeptic about anything Facebook and Twitter and other multi-billion dollar tech companies support. Especially because, the whole project of a decentralized social network, if this succeeded, and really became mainstream, these same companies would loose A LOT of power.
It would be easier to compete with them, they would lose their role as being the gate keeper of acceptable debate on a huge part of the internet, so there's a huge down scepticism from my part, thinking "they will find some way to taint and contaminate this whole project... somehow". Twitter would never actually embrace this idea, certainly voluntarily.
The problem is not the Apple tax. It's apple app store, they should be able to charge the commission fee they wish. The problem is not allowing other app stores/sideloading on iOS.
The problem I think is that nowadays more and more it's harder to find RSS support services and you send up having to resort to some third party application or service that will get some content and convert them into a RSS format. Like, for instance, instagram obviously doesn't offer support to RSS, the same goes for facebook and so forth.
Is it just me or front-ends of giant platforms are becoming more mainstream? First Individious, then Nitter, now Teddit. I think this speaks volumes of what modern webpages have become. Too bad that those sites will probably pull the plug and make changes that simply break those front-ends.
It's basically that. Yes, when saving everything we'll save a lot of trash and utterly garbage, spam and all that shit... But the things we would be risking to lose if we didn't save everything, they are and will be so much important. To save what is really important, you have to save everything.
https://reclaimthenet.org/germany-demands-telegram-censorshi...