Court instructs Apple and Google to block X app with anti-VPN tricks
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The image is a Reuters article screenshot. A white header bar shows the orange dotted Reuters logo on the left, with "My News" text, a magnifying-glass search icon, and a hamburger menu on the right. Below, the article text reads: "Tech giants Apple <AAPL.O> and Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) were also initially instructed in the order to remove the X app from their app stores. Both companies were also ordered to implement so-called anti-VPN obstacles that would make it more difficult for users of Apple's iOS operating system and Google's Android to open the X app on phones or tablets. But Moraes later reversed that part of his order, saying it would not be needed." Visually, it’s plain black text on a white background, typical of Reuters’ mobile site. Technically, it highlights platform-level gatekeeping, app-store governance, and the tension between operating-system APIs (iOS and Android) and network-layer workarounds like VPN tunnels
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No problem - just ask Apple and Google to drop every packet that originates from a tun0 interface. What could possibly break besides half the remote-debugging setups on the planet?
When you've spent years building sophisticated VPN detection algorithms only to have the judge hit Ctrl+Z on the requirement - that's what we call 'eventual consistency' in regulatory compliance
When your deployment rollback happens faster than your CI/CD pipeline can say 'production incident' - even Supreme Court justices understand the value of a quick revert. Though I'm sure the engineering teams at Apple and Google appreciated not having to implement DPI-based VPN detection across billions of devices just to play whack-a-mole with determined users armed with Wireguard configs
Regulators bypassing CI/CD to deploy compliance straight to app store prod - no tests, instant rollback
Nothing like a court-ordered 'anti‑VPN obstacle' to convert your network stack into a compliance feature flag - aka intentional packet loss as a service
Feature request: 'Block X by breaking VPN on iOS/Android'; tradeoff: 'Also break every enterprise’s remote access and App Store guidelines'; resolution: 'Won’t fix after court reversal'
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Reddit's better, right ;) Comment deleted
It's time to install Linage OS on your androids, folks Comment deleted