01-20-2021, 12:51 AM
StoneHendge Wrote:I don't think Apple / Google would be too concerned about lawsuits in the types of scenarios I'm talking about.
'Big Tech' is not going to deliberately delete your shooting data or access to the app, because the owners might be against the 2A or guns in general.
We're not talking about social media and political issues here. This thread is about shooting apps using cloud-based servers to store the data, used by all sorts of people: farmers, target shooters, hunters, police and military throughout the world. If Apple decides to shut them down it would make the media and consumers would flock to Samsung. They would also be sued. You purchased a product in good faith, and the manufacturer is now trying to limit your enjoyment of it after the sale. That sort of mischievous action would end their company.
As for the shooting app you also purchased that is a different scenario. The app owners take your money but they may go broke and your data stored on their, or their leased servers evaporates. This is a more realistic scenario. If they lease server space via a third party like Amazon Web Services then sure, those guys are currently making value judgements about political and advocacy groups. But, that is social media and this is data storage of a lawful activity - two very different things. Like this forum, it may be hacked from time to time or have issues with whoever hosts the data. Your data may be deleted but it still works, in which case if you have no back-up you start again.