I commented on this in the following thread.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1369389.msg16200199#msg16200199I have to disagree with this. I actually consider being banned by Apple to be very honourable and also bullish for Dash.
The whole premise of the Apple IOS model is taking all of human knowledge and placing it before a censorship board operated by Big Brother (Apple). Big Brother then decides what the citizens of Oceania (iSheep) may use, view or listen to. This is all enforced by the Ministry of Truth (DRM) with severe punishments for those who seek knowledge not approved by the Ministry of Truth (United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and similar laws against circumvention of technological protection measures worldwide). The one thing George Orwell got wrong in
1984 is that people were not carrying the telescreens in their pockets.
Thankfully freedom is slowly winning over tyranny. In 2011 IOS had 60% of the mobile market. Now it has dropped to 27%.
https://www.netmarketshare.com/.
To the Dash community I have one message: Wear your Apple ban with honour. It is something to be proud of, not ashamed of.
Edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I. The real Big Brother will appear at the very end.
Edit: A few months back I installed Dash on a computer that I had previously bought from the Government of British Columbia, Canada, via their auction site.
https://www.bcauction.ca/. Unlike Big Brother Apple the Government of British Columbia did not use DRM to control how I used the computer after the sale. This is actually an example where a major multinational corporation becomes a far worse oppressor, and threat to human rights and civil liberties, than a government.