Apple killing ICE watching apps is the right business decision, but the wrong moral one

Apple's decisions to remove real-time ICE monitoring app ICEblock, and archival video tool Eyes Up may be good for Apple's global finances, but it's an incredibly bad one for a company that hinges its reputation on claims it stands up for the rights of users.


It's been an interesting couple of weeks as it pertains to Apple, the App Store, and business decisions. Apple and Google caved nearly immediately to the Department of Justice's "request" to pull Immigrations and Customs Enforcement-watching and documenting ICEBlock

They cited the "objectionable content" provisions of the App Store rules. That's generally the rule that Apple uses when they don't have a technical reason to remove something, but want to remove it anyway.


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