The mobile app stores demand we believe that they *must* be trusted exclusively to protect us, to the exclusion of a powerful open web:
https://www.theverge.com/news/868614/nudify-apps-ttp-report-google-apple-app-stores?view%5Ftoken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IlVsREJZWHdXOFoiLCJwIjoiL25ld3MvODY4NjE0L251ZGlmeS1hcHBzLXR0cC1yZXBvcnQtZ29vZ2xlLWFwcGxlLWFwcC1zdG9yZXMiLCJleHAiOjE3Njk5NzAwNTgsImlhdCI6MTc2OTUzODA1OH0.uSVbunb5TN%5FU%5F3391Iuc6IohVTH7xuBYKeBfnP4IEJQ&utm%5Fmedium=gift-link
The only thing they're protecting is profits:
https://infrequently.org/2026/01/naked-power/
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