Sure he did. This is exactly the stuff he’s into. These decisions definitely cross his desk at some point in time, especially App Store related issues.
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Apple Removing Vaping-Related Apps From App Store Today Amid Public Health Concerns
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Sure he did. This is exactly the stuff he’s into. These decisions definitely cross his desk at some point in time, especially App Store related issues.
This is ridiculous. The vaping products that are causing problems are vape cartridges. They've pulled the apps for several dry herb vaping devices. These devices take dry cannabis and heat it so that it produces vapor, not smoke.
Since these apps are missing, these $300+ devices are worthless. For instance, the Firefly app was one of the apps that were pulled. The Firefly has no user interface on the devices. It's controlled 100% by the app. These can no longer be used. By the way, the Firefly was developed by a couple of ex Apple execs.
Since these apps are missing, these $300+ devices are worthless. For instance, the Firefly app was one of the apps that were pulled. The Firefly has no user interface on the devices. It's controlled 100% by the app. These can no longer be used. By the way, the Firefly was developed by a couple of ex Apple execs.
Alcohol is doing, has done, and will continue to do more damage to families and friends than smoking, vaping or porn. Drunk drivers kills 29 innocent people per day. If you want to save people start with booze. I am not for restricting anything (at some point they will go after something you like doing), but you can't pull a holier than though and overlook the worst substance for everyone.
Vaping is nothing compared to fast food and alcohol. What you’re seeing is a scam from the government and it’s all about money.
Everybody needs to be careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water. We don't know why those with lung damage have fallen ill, and it might not have anything to do with nicotine-based vaping. It is possible vaping reduces harm in comparison to smoking. What needs to happen now is proper clinical trials that address the safety of vaping products, their potential for creating addiction among previous non-smokers (especially adolescents), and their ability to reduce harm when substituted for smoking. The FDA really dropped the ball on this, and it might be that vaping products should be prescription-only for confirmed existing smokers, and tamper-proof so that only approved cartridges (again, on prescription) can be used. Also, it would be nice if the e-cigarettes created some form of tamper-proof record of what was smoked to provide data for epidemiological studies. These devices were sold essentially as lifestyle machines, but they really should be treated as what they are: medical drug-delivery systems.
However, simply banning e-cigarettes, rather than trying to ascertain if they can be made to be safe and beneficial overall, only benefits big tobacco and might actually harm smokers.
However, simply banning e-cigarettes, rather than trying to ascertain if they can be made to be safe and beneficial overall, only benefits big tobacco and might actually harm smokers.
All else being equal, vaping is probably less harmful than smoking. But the issue is that vaping has exploded among young people who would otherwise not smoke. Last year was the first in decades where nicotine use actually INcreased. These apps are obviously meant to appeal to a younger clientele, so Apple is pulling them. And rightfully so.
Good idea. The problem is, passengers are within 4 feet of the steering wheel. If I'm on on a long car ride, I need my phone. Coming from a person who will never be able to drive.
Also, everyone I know turned off Do Not Disturb while driving because of this exact issue. The phone thinks you're driving, when you are really just in the back seat. Or on the bus.
So is Apple going to remove apps about alcohol? Or what about cars? How many people die each year from car accidents? The country also has an obesity and diabetes problem. Is Apple going to limit food apps to only those that promote healthy eating?
THIS IS SO STUPID!
THIS IS SO STUPID!
uwu Daddy Apple uwu
Anyways... this seemed like a reasonable move to me while the vaping deaths were of unknown cause. Now that it's been traced down to an improper ingredient being added to black market vape products, it seems to me that vaping should be moved back into the regulated and limited to people 21 and over category, not the banned entirely category.
Do vape apps contain vitamin e? If not then there's no reason to ban them.
Going off of your comment of it "probably" being less harmful than smoking. I'm going to offer my take on why I think people in general are coming down so much harder on vaping. I work in a hospital. We've had plenty of people come in for vaping related issues. Some have admitted to using the THC cartridges. Some have said they never used a THC cartridge. The one thing all of these cases (in our own experience) have in common is that the illnesses related to vaping...are showing up faster. We know tobacco makes you sick. It's a fact and no one disputes it. But on average, it takes a loooooong time. We have countless people coming in who have said they've only been vaping for (at the longest) just a few years.
We aren't ignoring the fact that cigarettes are bad for you. But what's alarming is that on average, those who get sick from vaping...are getting sick FASTER. Also worth noting (I don't know what came of this claim), but there were some cases of the illness related to THC cartridges...but those cartridges came from a dispensary in a state where it's legal to buy them, which means black market shouldn't have been a factor. It was in Oregon, I believe. I may be wrong on that part.
That explains why after paying for a maxed out MBP Apple's website says "Who's your daddy?".
Apple knows what is best for me. Thank you father Apple.
I am tired of living in a nanny state. I miss the days when Apple had a CEO that didn't care to make political statements.
I am tired of living in a nanny state. I miss the days when Apple had a CEO that didn't care to make political statements.
Right, because adults need not only the government to tell them how to live their lives, but now they need hippocritical virtue signaling corporations to tell them how to live their life and what is good or bad for them.
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Most of the MacRumors people that blindly defend Apple apparently, we seem to be the exception.
When this latest hysteria started the US Feds *started* with a warning about THC. Nothing torches credibility like trotting out nonsensical Reefer Madness for every bad thing that happens in the world.
good move, I guess...maybe also get rid of Mickey D, KFC, etc. last time I checked the news obesity and diabetes is a major health concern, so is animal welfare...and not to forget about coca-cola and nestle, because of their business practices i.e. depriving certain parts of the world of their drinking water...and so on
Seems like lots of vaping users should start a class action lawsuit against Apple.
They need to either allow sideloading of Applications or they need to keep Apps that are paired with devices that require them to function on the store. Otherwise Apple did cause monetary loss for their own "feel good" social justice warrior virtual signaling [people oppressed by governments excluded].
A million times THIS^^^
The illness is from illicit THC carts, not legit nicotine or legit TCH or CBD carts. I can’t believe there are still people that don’t know this.
How some human beings kill themselves consuming legal or illegal drugs is beyond understanding. Drugs - your’e as safe as you wanna be! Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein.
We now know what is causing the problem: Vitamin E acetate. Any product without it won't cause the acute issues that have been seen. Especially natural, dry herb. And this ban affects dry herb products as well as the harmful Vitamin E acetate products.
It is an overreaction to a problem they don't seem to fully grasp.
And the game app that simulates a weed-growing empire???
It's never killed anyoneThe cannabis apps are ok then?
The good news is that you have the power to do something about that horrible situation.
Simply commit to purchasing tech products from companies that don't engage in what you find so egregious. If I were to find myself in similar shoes, I'd be embarrassed if I were not able to muster the will to do so.
You do realize the small amount (~9%) of people denying using illicit THC carts are lying, right? As in, the CDC and FDA have gone back to those and some have admitted afterward that they lied, and used THC carts bought “off the street”.