Apple's Confused iPhone App Censors: Softcore Porn? Ok.
from the this-time-around dept
The near total arbitrariness of Apple's iPhone morality police continues... We've already noted how odd it is that certain apps got rejected -- such as an eBook reader that users might, possibly be able to read the Kama Sutra with, because it provided access to the public domain library at Project Gutenberg. Never mind the fact that the same content could be accessed easily via a browser -- such as the included Safari browser on the iPhone. However, other apps seem to get through with no problem. Dave Title notes that Apple apparently had no problem with a Suicide Girls' app that allowed users to "strip" women down to their underwear simply by flipping the phone. It's a silly meaningless app (and doesn't contain any actual nudity), but it does make you wonder. Why is one app potentially harmful according to Apple's morality police, while the other is perfectly fine?
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Where there is smoke, the is Mike fanning the flames.
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Thankfully, Eucalyptus was eventually allowed into the app store (partially because of all the Internet backlash, I'm sure).
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God, finally a reason to buy an iPhone!
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You'll have things like this any time humans are the ones making the judgement calls.
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The Appstore Stories
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Hey doofus,
I think Mike knows Techdirt isn't a news site. You, on the other hand...
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Techdirt isn't a news site. You're in the wrong place if that's what you thought.
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Fat Girls
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It may be old news, but the story won't die...
Freedom
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I've had to do that with every iteration of the noslang.com internet slang dictionary app. ( http://www.noslang.com/iphone.php )
They kept rejecting it because people might be offended by the word "ass", then "a*s" was offensive, but "a**" wasn't. I never understood that.
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Amusing
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The whole reason in a nutshell at why any type of content control like this is a bad thing.
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Who cares?
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Apple
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It's obvious why
Nevermind the fact that one group is stupid, and the other is stupid while being naked they're BFFs.
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