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This is just another warning to avoid being dependent on Apple and the App Store. Imagine being a hardware startup that invested in a mobile app to control your device and then mass produced and marketed that device only to have Apple pull the app without warning.

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I’m not defending this Apple decision, but in general I’m very tired and annoyed with hardware that insists on unnecessary apps. Especially when they are 5% useful and 95% data mining.

Both Bose and Sony were found to be scraping listener data via their apps. I believe these are both optional for now, but companies keep normalizing apps being required and I’m very uncomfortable with it.

Someone on here a while ago said “protocols and not apps.” That’s definitely the right way to look at things, especially when it involves hardware.

I'm guessing this applies to every type of music app though? Might as well throw Ultimate Ears, JBL, etc etc into the ring too.

I can't imagine Apple won't be seeing lawsuits from this.

The PAX app was taken off even though most people use it for dry bud/flower marijuana, which has never been a part of this big vaping health scare. Collateral damage, I guess.

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