The developer was threatened with legal action I last read so he was forced to takedown.

Surprise surprise!

I doubt it would have been discovered this fast and easily if it was closed source.

Imagine if the governments were to fund open source projects when they need and as such the benefit is available to everyone if they have no money.

In such scenario all governments/citizens would have access to software that is good.

One can never expect power of any kind to not be abused!

In all honesty there was a period of time I thought all hope was lost but EU seems to be the last knight standing against these greedy mf.

We all have to bear in mind these lawmakers are fighting against enemies with near limitless resources so give credit where it is due and let's back them up as much as possible!

I'll take the trial sometime and see if I should drop the cents

Slowly but surely I am coming to the realisation that free services sooner or later will drift away from their privacy claims

Ownership no longer has the same definition in the eyes of corporations and governments!

As concerning as that is, more so is the fact that the same infrastructure could be used for malicious intentions. That is ransomware level of control they reserve simply because they manufacture these devices.

You sir, understand the importance of allowing a child to go through their wrongs at the right time with the right guidance which is quite rare!

I would avoid using an employer supplied device for personal use! More often than not these devices are "managed devices" which consists of management profiles that could grant all sorts of permissions from normal diagnostics, restrictions to location, camera and more!

With that said Apple in such case would become the middle man in relatio to the transaction! That means that Apple pay would retain the purchase logs on your card and ~~send a apple.com description to your bank~~ to mask all your purchases! In theory you'd be given more privacy in relation to your bank but you'd be introducing a third party in the process and more potential failure points!