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scottalanmiller

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-31/fujifilm-to-cut-10-000-jobs-at-fuji-xerox-amid-reorganization
Xerox, inventor of the GUI and mouse, a company whose equipment name became a verb, one of the most influential technology companies of all time, is gone.

They are from my hometown. You can see Xerox tower from my dad's bedroom window. MangoCon was held just one block from there. My last corporate job was in the same building as Xerox HQ.

scottalanmiller

Interestingly, @dominica's first IT job was at Fujifilm.

dbeato

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

scottalanmiller

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

dafyre

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

Ha ha ha. That doesn't leave you with much. I thought you disliked Android?

scottalanmiller

@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

Ha ha ha. That doesn't leave you with much. I thought you disliked Android?

I've had loads of bad experiences, but I need a dual SIM card phone and I am tired of Apple's high prices and lack of innovation.

dbeato

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

Ha ha ha. That doesn't leave you with much. I thought you disliked Android?

I've had loads of bad experiences, but I need a dual SIM card phone and I am tired of Apple's high prices and lack of innovation.

Is all back now
https://telegram.org/blog/telegram-x
https://twitter.com/durov/status/959094104822034434

scottalanmiller

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

Ha ha ha. That doesn't leave you with much. I thought you disliked Android?

I've had loads of bad experiences, but I need a dual SIM card phone and I am tired of Apple's high prices and lack of innovation.

Is all back now
https://telegram.org/blog/telegram-x
https://twitter.com/durov/status/959094104822034434

Cool, I just downloaded Telegram X.

NerdyDad

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

Ha ha ha. That doesn't leave you with much. I thought you disliked Android?

I've had loads of bad experiences, but I need a dual SIM card phone and I am tired of Apple's high prices and lack of innovation.

BLU has dual sims but was caught sending user data to China.
https://www.androidauthority.com/blu-phones-send-private-data-790470/
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/what-you-need-to-know-about-phones-secretly-sending-data-china/
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/31/16072786/amazon-blu-suspended-android-spyware-user-data-theft

scottalanmiller

I'd really like to try an Asus.

scottalanmiller

https://www.asus.com/us/Phone/ZenFone-4-Pro-ZS551KL/

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

Did you read the article?

It was removed because of a lack of ways to prevent porn in public channels basically. Without digging further, one would assume with things like sticker packs and ways to report specific users.

scottalanmiller

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

Did you read the article?

It was removed because of a lack of ways to prevent porn in public channels basically. Without digging further, one would assume with things like sticker packs and ways to report specific users.

Yeah I read that, those aren't things I appreciate Apple getting involved in. It's peer to peer communications, of course porn can be there. So can Safari.

Even public channels... you still opt in to a conversation.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

Did you read the article?

It was removed because of a lack of ways to prevent porn in public channels basically. Without digging further, one would assume with things like sticker packs and ways to report specific users.

Yeah I read that, those aren't things I appreciate Apple getting involved in. It's peer to peer communications, of course porn can be there. So can Safari.

Even public channels... you still opt in to a conversation.

But all they require is ways to report it. They are not after control.

scottalanmiller

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/telegram-apps-fall-foul-of-ios-app-store-content-rules/

I've been considering leaving iOS, this certainly pretty much guarantees it.

Did you read the article?

It was removed because of a lack of ways to prevent porn in public channels basically. Without digging further, one would assume with things like sticker packs and ways to report specific users.

Yeah I read that, those aren't things I appreciate Apple getting involved in. It's peer to peer communications, of course porn can be there. So can Safari.

Even public channels... you still opt in to a conversation.

But all they require is ways to report it. They are not after control.

I read the article and it didn't say only that, but filtering, too.

"Apple’s developer guidelines for iOS apps include a section on safety that proscribes “upsetting or offensive content”. A sub-section here, regarding user-generated content (which would apply to any messaging app with a public broadcast facility, as Telegram has), notes these types of apps “present particular challenges” — and must therefore contain: