--- title: "The surprising things you can’t build with iTunes" date: "2020-04-29" modified: "2020-10-30" authors: - name: "Blake Stilwell" job_title: "Editor-In-Chief, Air Force Veteran" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/blake/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/music/apple-end-user-no-nukes/" categories: - "Entertainment" --- # The surprising things you can’t build with iTunes ![]() Every Apple user is inevitably faced with the terms of service. The vast majority of us will start to think about reading them, realize we're looking at a 56-page magnum opus of legalese and tiny print, and then just accept the fact that we're going to click "yes" anyway. For the most part, there's nothing out of the ordinary in there and it won't affect your daily life — unless you're a dictator thinking about hedging your bets on preventing an American invasion. Deep inside those terms of service is a clause forbidding the user from using the program for "the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons." As if Kim Jong Un cares that much about retribution from Apple. --- ![]() *But remember, America**, Apple* [will raid your damn house in the middle of the night if you mess with them]()*.* The clause is most likely a way for Apple to cover its own ass, keeping it from being liable if a nuclear accident, attack, or exchange ever did occur. ![]() Steve Jobs thought of that one, too. No wonder he dressed like a super villain. The End User License Agreement also cautions the user against exporting or re-exporting Apple software to "anyone on the [U.S. Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals List]() or the [U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List]() or Entity List." There has never been a more comprehensive list of North Koreans, suspected terrorist group members, Libyans, or American prison inmates. If anyone is asking *how* exactly one could use iTunes to create a nuclear weapon, that's a very good question. If anyone actually answers that question with a plausible answer, the U.S. government should probably know that person's whereabouts. And take away his or her Apple products. If you're really curious about the Apple EULA but don't have a juris doctorate, you can listen to Richard Dreyfuss read parts of it on YouTube. ## Author Blake Stilwell is We Are The Mighty's Editor-in-Chief, covering military news, entertainment, and history, along with veteran education, employment and entrepreneurship. He is a former U.S. Air Force combat cameraman with degrees in Graphic Design, Television and Film, International Relations, Public Relations, Business Management and Middle Eastern Affairs. After leaving the military, he began working in film and television production in New York and Los Angeles, work that included ABC News, NBC Olympics, and HBO Sports. He then spent two years in Washington with White House Communications, before joining the Near East Foundation. At NEF he served as an International Development Fellow, then Communications Officer, and finally, Media Officer for the Middle East and Africa. Based in the Palestinian Territory, he coordinated strategic communications between eight country offices, international media, and government and NGO partners. He began a career focused on writing and editing in 2015 with We Are The Mighty. He left in 2019 for Military.com, but returned as Editor-in-Chief in 2025. Blake’s work has been seen on CBS News, Fox News, CBC, The Chicago Tribune, Task & Purpose, Military Times, Recoil, Skillset, American History, and was shockingly even used in a Supreme Court argument. He is an avid traveler and small business owner in Ohio, where he spends most of his energy fixing up a very old house. ### Author social links [Facebook]() [Twitter]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()