At this point you got to be thinking Apple wants the BRICS to win with their gold backed currency and that’s why they are suppressing zaps and bitcoin adoption.
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it really has nothing to do with bitcoin or crypto or the kind of currency… they take a cut of superchats from YouTube, they take a cut of bits from twitch, this is digital content you can consume with out sending any extra value. We might find it morally wrong for them to do so… but it is morally sound to apply their rules equally.
why don't they go mine their own bitcoin
Apple just cares about making money from apps, and anything that circumvents the process will be killed, even if there is no possibility that they would ever make a cent off in-app purchases from nostr clients that use their fiat rails.
This time around, the BRICS leaders are less likely to get Gaddafi'd