Users plead Apple for Bitcoin wallets
An aggrieved user has started a petition to force Apple to approve bitcoin wallet applications for its shiny iPhones. San Francisco gent Joshua Seims has started the petition on change.org to request Apple change its policy. The petition says: "To: Apple. Please allow Bitcoin wallets on the iPhone. We need a mobile Bitcoin client, and if Apple won't deliver one, we'll move to Android." Apple has already removed several bitcoin wallets citing terms of service and developers' obligation to obey local laws wherever their apps are available - even though no nation has yet banned Bitcoin.....
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