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		omgsean on Sept 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval I don't believe Apple has any responsibility to provide freedom of speech within their closed ecosystem.

talmand on Sept 20, 2012 | [–]

Yep, typically freedom of speech applies to government censorship. A private party can shut you out of their system as they have no responsibility to provide you with a platform. "Freedom of speech" is so often a misused/misunderstood concept.

masklinn on Sept 21, 2012 | [–]

Hence "no way that's going to hold"

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