Once Apple removes Damus from their App Store, you'll still be able to use the app if you have it installed. New users won't be able to install the app. Current users won't get new updates.

But remember, Damus is just an app. Damus is not Nostr. And Damus users have been down this path beforehand. Damus users in China experienced exactly this. And do you know what? THEY'RE STILL HERE.

I hope that Apple and nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s can come to a workable solution. Until that day comes, you have plenty of other choices.

You can use a web client with Nostore to keep your private key safe or you can install one of the other Nostr clients from the app store such as Plebstr.

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Ok thats great but pay me 30% of all the zaps

-apple management

Bullish. Apple thinks Zaps are money.

Someone send tim cook a fat zap, please this is just sadness

I appreciate you and your support of Damus users today. 🤙🫂⚡️

I've always supported Damus users! I've helped so many over the past few months even though I barely know how the app works, I helped people in Miami install Damus for the first time, I wear my Damus tshirt when I go out, I'll wear it in Toronto this weekend, and I support Damus because Will and Vanessa are great people that I consider friends. They will always have my support.

A nice reminder how shitty our phone platforms are.

Medium. Android is completely open and allows anyone to run any code that they want to on their phone. That is, if you buy a phone that follows Android's open ethos. Sadly, not all phones allow you to unlock the bootloader to run a custom ROM. Stick with the Google Pixel line.

Or you can stop using a closed source, walled garden and switch to Android or Linux phone.

Doesn’t Plebstr have zaps? What about Nostur as they have spas for sure will they be taken down?

Eventually, all apps would fall prey to Apple's tactics. Damus is the largest fish and the first to get taken down. Once other apps get noticed, they will too under the current rules.

It will change as it has to change

it will only change if people speak with their wallets by leaving Apple's ecosystem.

And as the real innovation happens away from Apple they will

Plebstr, Fountain, soon to be Zebedee…. List will go on.

I hadn't thought about Fountain, but you're right. Fountain is a great example as users pay creators for content they consume. That fits in line with this rule.

Any V4V would be void.

Fight now

Currently fighting by not giving Apple any money. A boycott 😉

Very true. This is a slippery slope

Why do you think they have not removed Plebstr yet? What's the difference?

Im sure they will soon enough

What’s the plan?

Talked with the head of a school, all US manufactured head sets are banned in Dutch schools or will be. The ones that record eyes are not compliant with EU privacy regulation… let’s see what’s going to happen. It looks like we’re moving into a multipolar direction.

Seems to have a smaller user base right now.

I have an app in the stores and they are quite strict even when you have no users.

Although I personally had more problems with Google than Apple.

They just went for the biggest one first.

Plebest doesn't have a large user base and isn't making any noise, yet. If people put Plebest under Apple's radar, it will happen.

Canary in the coal mine.

Agree with most things you said, however history has shown us that reaching any sort of compromise is going to end in disaster as they will demand more concessions. Guarantee the next "request" will be to implement censorship tools to filter out "hateful" content and we will be back at square one like we are now with Damus booted off Apple. Sad to say I don't see a way Will and Apple are going to come to a workable solution as Will is playing in Apples sandbox/prison and they have all the cards

In my opinion nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s should consider some of the solutions point forth by the community so he can pivot Damus to be not so reliant on an app store committee and he will be able to sleep well at night because he didn't compromise on his convictions and ideals of what he wants the grand vision of the Damus client to be.

Well said, nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424! It's important to remember that the diversity of the Nostr community goes beyond a single app. There are always alternatives and solutions. We adapt and we keep going! 💪🚀 #NostrStrong