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I don't see the problem. It was an app specifically developed to help people evade American law and attack people who work for the government, how is it a shock that they took it down?


Apple maps tells you when you are near a cop on the highway in order to evade the law.


As does Google maps


Those should be removed too then. I don’t think they were nearly as effective as the ice block app was though. Every time I saw an alert in Waze there was nothing or it’s where they park an empty police car.


Or was the takedown designed to help ICE evade American law?


Same. This app was specifically used to incite violence against law enforcement.


You need to be careful, the word "incite" does not mean what you think it does here.

Maybe the app enabled violence against law enforcement - but Waymo does that too by telling you where traffic cops are. Or Google Maps and Yellow Pages for documenting the location of police stations. Undercover officers, ICE or otherwise, aren't given any special exemptions to the law here.


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Which traffic cops disappear children into torture camps?


ICE is not law enforcement.


Sure it is, enforcement is even its name.


Just like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is democratic - flawless logic.


They decided it'd be more efficient to make one thing worse than two at the same time.


Bluesky is far from professional.


I noticed this the other day as I (previously) used an old Firefox UA to get a more simple, streamlined legacy interface. I don't know why they did this.


Yet another internet manifesto that just ends up being "Use FOSS" and little else. Laughed at using Linux to "to make technology fun again"; Using Linux isn't going to turn you into a cyberpunk rebel who has beaten the powers that be.

I must also say I dislike the obnoxious "Look at how quirky I am!" 90s web badges on an HTML5 page.


I'm a libertarian but I know it is impossible for a society to exist without even just a few taxes.


The site administrators are trying to supress posts related to it because they can't moderate fast enough.


Migrated to mailbox.org a month ago and now they do this? It's an incredibly ugly design that looks more childish than professional. Guess I'm going to have to look at migrating again.


From what I've seen on Reddit it seems to have a viral meme aspect to it.


Sure, but the viral meme aspect is because HK was such a well received game and Silksong has been so highly anticipated for so long, not the other way around. It certainly contributes to the hype today, but memes are not the reason for the initial success of Hollow Knight and the anticipation of Silksong. The memes really took off around 2021-2022 after Silksong had been in development for several years with no release in sight and people started wondering how long of a wait they were in for.


I suppose it could be because it's a competent platformer in a world where most games are not.


Americans are so divided they'll defend illegal immigrants rather than side with anything Trump has said.


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