Pressured by Apple, Coinbase to Remove iOS dApp Support

[cheezcarls]

Popular cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage service Coinbase may soon remove support for decentralized applications for its Apple users. The firm cited the App Store policy as the reasoning behind the decision.

According to a post on Reddit, Coinbase Wallet users were recently greeted with a message about the potential change. In response to the post, Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong commented that it looks like Apple is attempting to eliminate decentralized applications from its App Store.

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I just know how it feels, especially on what is happening recently to Coinbase....

Looks like Apple isn't ready yet to embrace decentralization, blockchain and cryptocurrency as Coinbase was forced to remove it's app. I am pretty sure that if Apple doesn't embrace decentralization in open arms, they would be left behind like Nokia, Motorola and Blackberry later on.

I'm just pretty sure that Steve Jobs from heaven won't approve Apple's recent decision to remove decentralized apps like Coinbase. They would regret later on like Wikipedia did years ago by removing Bitcoin from their pages. In the end, they embraced it and started to accept Bitcoin donations.

One day, Apple would realize that they need to shift into decentralization later on if they want to keep up with the trend. Not just fancy phones.

[Wexnident]

Well, even if they remove it now and join later, being late would still enable them to catch up to the early birds. They aren't the Apple company for nothing after all, and compared with Nokia and others that you have said? Apple could be said to be way quite above them, which makes sense seeing the development of Apple and the others in the past few years. Plus, with that all said, Apple is still one of the leading digital companies out there, so sooner or later, they would learn the probable importance of crypto and blockchain, and implementing them wouldn't be a problem at all. Heck, some may even switch over to them with how well known and famous their companies are

[hugeblack]

The article tries to spread FUD indirectly so do not rely on it as a source of reliable information.
If you read the same statement, the company may ask Apple to give them some permissions in one way or another.

If Apple customers want to be able to use Dapps, we may need to make this request know to Apple in some way. This is an important area of innovation in finance, and many developers and early adopters of this technology have millions of dollars worth of crypto tied up in these financial applications, which they will no longer be able to use on Apple mobile devices if this app store policy continues.

Also, the problem is related to Dapps, not Blockchain apps as a whole.

The same applies to the ERROR from YouTube and other things.

[Harlot]

They really don't have any choice but to comply or else their app in the Apple App store will be removed due to from non-compliance. Unlike Android devices where they can still download apk files outside from the play store iPhones and maybe iPads and Ipods don't have that kind of choice not unless they jailbreak their device which will also void their warranty for the product. With this at risk they know they will lose millions of users using Apple products if they don't follow what they have.

[panganib999]

Seems like Google and apple are attacking the crypto scene quite a bit right now. With Google and metamask and censorship of some crypto vids in yt, and now Apple with the issue with dApps. Its a wonder why their actions are as such since the crypto scene offers quite a bit of promise after all. Them doing this only seems like they'd rather do their own than jump to the bandwagon of crypto.

The article tries to spread FUD indirectly so do not rely on it as a source of reliable information.
If you read the same statement, the company may ask Apple to give them some permissions in one way or another.

If Apple customers want to be able to use Dapps, we may need to make this request know to Apple in some way. This is an important area of innovation in finance, and many developers and early adopters of this technology have millions of dollars worth of crypto tied up in these financial applications, which they will no longer be able to use on Apple mobile devices if this app store policy continues.

Well, in the end, Coinbase would still remove it. They would just appeal to Apple with their request, and hope that they accede to the said request, but since the pressure did indeed come from Apple, I doubt such a thing would happen though.

[exstasie]

The article tries to spread FUD indirectly so do not rely on it as a source of reliable information.

How so? The announcement from Coinbase is real. The MetaMask Android client was also just suspended by the Google Play App Store, probably for similar reasons.

This is what it comes down to:

Web3 is in direct competition with Google & Apple. We should expect continued censorship on MetaMask, Coinbase, & other dapp browsers.

Also, the problem is related to Dapps, not Blockchain apps as a whole.

What are you saying, censorship of dapps is okay but censorship of blockchain apps would be a problem? This seems like an unfortunate direction to move in no matter what.

[1Referee]

I am pretty sure that if Apple doesn't embrace decentralization in open arms, they would be left behind like Nokia, Motorola and Blackberry later on.

Nope. People don't care enough about decentralization to actually impact any company or financial institution. For years people have made fun of Apple in various ways, said that it would be the next Nokia and whatnot, but they are worth $1.3 trillion as of today's valuation. You can fit Nokia's market cap in its prime 10 times in Apple's market cap easily.

Bitcoin's market cap can fit like 10 times in Apple's market cap too.

I'm just pretty sure that Steve Jobs from heaven won't approve Apple's recent decision to remove decentralized apps like Coinbase. They would regret later on like Wikipedia did years ago by removing Bitcoin from their pages. In the end, they embraced it and started to accept Bitcoin donations.

Sorry, but how do you know that? The sole purpose of a company like Apple is to make money, and keep its shareholders happy. No one gives a crap about Coinbase's move.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

How so? The announcement from Coinbase is real. The MetaMask Android client was also just suspended by the Google Play App Store, probably for similar reasons.

This is what it comes down to:

Web3 is in direct competition with Google & Apple. We should expect continued censorship on MetaMask, Coinbase, & other dapp browsers.

You could be right.

A few weeks ago, Metamask team announced availability of their wallet app on playstore. Kinda reminds me of apps like APKpure which were in direct competition with Google play. You can never find them in google playstore

However, i am still wondering why wallets like ImToken, EOS's Lynx wallet among others are still in google play because those apps have a host of Dapps and they have been around in google play way longer than metamask

[exstasie]

You could be right.

A few weeks ago, Metamask team announced availability of their wallet app on playstore. Kinda reminds me of apps like APKpure which were in direct competition with Google play. You can never find them in google playstore

However, i am still wondering why wallets like ImToken, EOS's Lynx wallet among others are still in google play because those apps have a host of Dapps and they have been around in google play way longer than metamask

It may just be a matter of visibility and popularity. MetaMask is the most popular Ethereum browser and wallet. Earlier this year, they projected 264K active users and 1.51 million transactions per month.

In comparison, Lynx Wallet is only at 10K+ downloads in the Google Play store so it may not even be on Google's radar yet.

[MURONDI]

in my opinion it all does not really affect the coinbase, there are still many places to make a coinbase wallet, after all, not too many people use apple, Application users are more dominant on Android than Apple, although not using the application we can still make a wallet on the web.

[bassbity]

in my opinion it all does not really affect the coinbase, there are still many places to make a coinbase wallet, after all, not too many people use apple, Application users are more dominant on Android than Apple, although not using the application we can still make a wallet on the web.

I also do not mind this problem because I am an Android user myself, but what about USA users because they mostly use Apple IOS with their luxury phones if this has no effect on the Coinbase exchange then don't worry in my opinion.
And I'm sure there are more Android users than Apple.

[gweedo]

I think the recent events are not a coincidence. Youtube deletes videos that talk about cryptocurrency, and google blocked metamask in their app store. And until now the appstore has removed coinbase from the store, it seems that there is some force that is trying to stop the development of cryptocurrency and is sabotaging it. I believe that whatever they do, everything will be in vain. This market will grow, nothing can stop the future.

[Amel]

I think the recent events are not a coincidence. Youtube deletes videos that talk about cryptocurrency, and google blocked metamask in their app store. And until now the appstore has removed coinbase from the store, it seems that there is some force that is trying to stop the development of cryptocurrency and is sabotaging it. I believe that whatever they do, everything will be in vain. This market will grow, nothing can stop the future.

I also think something like that, at the end of the year there is a similar news where the two big companies do sweeping content that contains crypto or decentralized. It seems like there really is a mastermind behind all of this, certainly the mastermind has very high power to be able to make policies towards the two big companies.

[boris singer]

I think the recent events are not a coincidence. Youtube deletes videos that talk about cryptocurrency, and google blocked metamask in their app store. And until now the appstore has removed coinbase from the store, it seems that there is some force that is trying to stop the development of cryptocurrency and is sabotaging it. I believe that whatever they do, everything will be in vain. This market will grow, nothing can stop the future.

it could be due to internal policy pressures related to the results of the annual shareholders' meeting, if this power comes from the government, then they shouldn't look too hasty. I am still surprised by this news. They will be considered to make a blunder if they start apathetic towards some important applications related to decentralization.

[wajik-tempe]

Popular cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage service Coinbase may soon remove support for decentralized applications for its Apple users. The firm cited the App Store policy as the reasoning behind the decision.

According to a post on Reddit, Coinbase Wallet users were recently greeted with a message about the potential change. In response to the post, Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong commented that it looks like Apple is attempting to eliminate decentralized applications from its App Store.

Click here to read the full news

I just know how it feels, especially on what is happening recently to Coinbase....

Looks like Apple isn't ready yet to embrace decentralization, blockchain and cryptocurrency as Coinbase was forced to remove it's app. I am pretty sure that if Apple doesn't embrace decentralization in open arms, they would be left behind like Nokia, Motorola and Blackberry later on.

I'm just pretty sure that Steve Jobs from heaven won't approve Apple's recent decision to remove decentralized apps like Coinbase. They would regret later on like Wikipedia did years ago by removing Bitcoin from their pages. In the end, they embraced it and started to accept Bitcoin donations.

One day, Apple would realize that they need to shift into decentralization later on if they want to keep up with the trend. Not just fancy phones.

I think apple is supporting the most countries government that not supporting decentralized exchanges and coins because people's wealth will be undetectable and the world government won't this happen. And they force apple to not support that kind of bussiness or they will be do something with the apple company, this is my speculation about this news.

[nicolas1979]

I believe only Apple know the truth reason and for this one I say they should sit together and find solutions. Apple can't deny that decentralization, blockchain and cryptocurrency is part of the world, soon or later they must accept reality. The problem is in government policy, in financial business should use currency not crypto and blockchain can't track, that's totally dangerous. That's classic reason, another reason is about benefits. Only those thing I know ( regulation & benefits ), looks simple but in business world that crucial.

[piebeyb]

Looks like Apple isn't ready yet to embrace decentralization, blockchain and cryptocurrency as Coinbase was forced to remove it's app. I am pretty sure that if Apple doesn't embrace decentralization in open arms, they would be left behind like Nokia, Motorola and Blackberry later on.

I'm just pretty sure that Steve Jobs from heaven won't approve Apple's recent decision to remove decentralized apps like Coinbase. They would regret later on like Wikipedia did years ago by removing Bitcoin from their pages. In the end, they embraced it and started to accept Bitcoin donations.

One day, Apple would realize that they need to shift into decentralization later on if they want to keep up with the trend. Not just fancy phones.

a little tickling when you mention this Nokia, Motorola and Blackberry, are we already in the world of more sophisticated technology, it seems like not yet, just look at Apple might need to think about something before deciding to delete coinbase, they didn't learn from what they were supposed to learn first coinbase before removing it? I do not know sometimes there are still large companies that are difficult to make a new breakthrough even want to follow the technology that is developing now to follow the times as well as market desires, this is clearly similar to some other companies that have gone bankrupt now 

[justdimin]

I don't get why these huge tech companies are going against crypto so much. First google had all that youtube video removal and google adwords ban on crypto type of stuff, google only should care about making money and that's it, if they could make money from crypto people, they would make money from crypto people and that is end of it, why would they have to ban it?

Crypto is not something banned in many nations so there is no reason to ban crypto from google, makes ZERO sense. Then facebook banned crypto ads on their platforms, which is basically same issue with google, and Apple has always been very sensitive about crypto related apps on their phones. These companies can take crypto into a whole new level of adoption and they could make billions of dollars in profit from it.

[ichai]

It seems that American companies are boycotting crypto.  There is now Facebook and hopefully in the future they will not eliminate all topics related to crypto.  To me, I have a unique sense of our market is at stake.  It seems like a lot of fraud is happening so they're also boycotting.  What is the future of the crypto market like?

[FairUser]

It seems that American companies are boycotting crypto.  There is now Facebook and hopefully in the future they will not eliminate all topics related to crypto.  To me, I have a unique sense of our market is at stake.  It seems like a lot of fraud is happening so they're also boycotting.  What is the future of the crypto market like?

I also don't know what the future of this market will be like, but recent signs show that the US is planning to purge cryptocurrency and not let the market grow. If my thoughts were correct then Libra would definitely not be able to debut in 2020 or it will never even appear in this market. We need to wait a bit longer to know exactly what's going on