27.5: An Update on Peace

Hello, listeners! We wanted to give you a brief update on Mikah's Integrate topic this week. The app he recommended, Peace, was pulled from the app store by iOS developer Marco Arment. Below we've included an excerpt from Marco's site explaining why he pulled the app.

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Just doesn’t feel good via Marco.org:As I write this, Peace has been the number one paid app in the U.S. App Store for about 36 hours. It’s a massive achievement that should be the highlight of my professional career. If Overcast even broke the top 100, I’d be over the moon.
Achieving this much success with Peace just doesn’t feel good, which I didn’t anticipate, but probably should have. Ad blockers come with an important asterisk: while they do benefit a ton of people in major ways, they also hurt some, including many who don’t deserve the hit.
Peace required that all ads be treated the same — all-or-nothing enforcement for decisions that aren’t black and white. This approach is too blunt, and Ghostery and I have both decided that it doesn’t serve our goals or beliefs well enough. If we’re going to effect positive change overall, a more nuanced, complex approach is required than what I can bring in a simple iOS app.