This Is Why We Need Decentralized Apps: Top 10 Best dApps Of 2019

By Erica Welch on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

Apple’s Tim Cook is currently under fire for removing an app used in Hong Kong to track police movement from the app store.

He sent a memo to Apple staff stating that the app was removed because it was being used to “maliciously target individual officers for violence” and “victimize individuals and property where no police are present.”

Last year in China, an anonymous user named “Beast” posted a detailed explanation of pharmaceutical corruption spanning almost two decades. The post instantly went viral but was swiftly deleted the next day.

Fortunately for the Chinese people, the original text was posted on the blockchain, and there it will live forever. This misuse of power is exactly why we need decentralized apps (dApps) in 2019.

But necessity doesn’t always effectuate change, and governments all over the world are hesitant to allow…