A nice reminder how shitty our phone platforms are.
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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Discussion
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.