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Apple Tries to Limit Offensive AirTag Engravings... With Mixed Results
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Yeah, I'm sure someone putting 69 on their Airtag wants to commemorate their birth year.
I get it, but is seems a bit odd - isn't HH on car tags the designation for Hansastadt Hamburg?
I have no issues getting suggestions when I enter four letter words in iOS 14, and iOS does provide suggestions, including the definition of the word.
But if you feel strongly about the issue write to Apple and let them know you don't really use the word duck as often as they believe you intend to.
This 100% is Apple. Just like it's 100% the DMV. Trying to conflate Apple's decisions with another entity to justify the restrictions doesn't make any sense at all. There are hundreds, probably thousands of companies that make decisions like this all the time. Those companies are responsible for their own decisions. Just like Apple. No one is forcing Apple to limit engraving and they could lift the prohibitions at any time... if they wanted to do so. This is Apple.
Apple can do whatever it wants. If you really want to express yourself in ways that Apple disagrees with you can get it engraved at the mall.
I'm not tired of it, but puzzled... Apple has built a reputation on being a "big brother" that is looking out for customers... just look at the complaints by people here who are paralyzed by the increased number of options when buying an iPhone or iPad. There is an increase in the number of "which one should I buy?" type of threads. They appreciate Apple limiting the options.
Apple tightly controls which apps can appear in the app store. Apps that don't pose a danger or hazard to customers are prohibited from appearing in the app store if they do something that Apple doesn't want done.
Apple makes it irritating to the user experience if one doesn't want to upgrade the OS.
Customer control and choice has never been something that Apple has offered (to any great extent). Restrictions on airtag engravings is consistent with that.
That makes no sense whatsoever. Apple never alleged that it was being forced to limit engraving, nor is it relevant that someone is or isn't forcing Apple to limit engraving.
The point of the post was that the DMV also restricts how you can express yourself on a license plate (which actually does raise first amendment issues, unlike in Apple's case). It was offered as an example of other entitities restricting how you can express yourself, since everyone seems to think this is something unique to Apple.
You also can't put porn on a billboard or scream fire inside a crowded movie theater.
That was not meant in the sense of the legal text, but in general. It is presumptuous when a company prescribes what I can or can't write on my private property.
Its one thing to limit hate speech like 88 or HH, its another to prevent the use of 69, etc. Of course Apple is well within their rights to dictate what can be printed, but it just comes off as prudish.
I'm personally devastated, I was looking for the snowflake emoji for my engraving.....
🦆🤴 — thanks to the standard set by autocorrect, I thought this would have been a popular emoji combo, but I see Apple thwarted that by not providing a 🦆 Only a chicken. And I thought getting stuff past my mom was a challenge!
At least 🐔💩 is still in play. Of course I mean Chickiepoo.
At least 🐔💩 is still in play. Of course I mean Chickiepoo.
Free speech.... that's been an illusion for years.
It would have been cool to see licensed logos (at a small price). Like if someone wanted to put a Ford logo or a Honda logo. Even better would be sports teams. I’m sure the 3rd party market will have options in the future.
why not just not making restrictions for grown-up people and not making an artificial problem?
Who's everyone who thinks this is unique to Apple? I'm fairly certain people realize the restrictions exist everywhere in life. The way that post is written implies that Apple's restrictions are okay because other entities restrict as well. That's silly. Apple's restrictions are okay because that's their choice, not because others do it too. The DMV restrictions don't lend credence to what Apple does, just like Apple's restrictions don't lend credence to Custom Inks' restrictions.
The original post from Populus had nothing to do with the 1st amendment so I'm not sure where you're going with that. Neither did Kabeyun's post.
Prudish? Maybe. Legally prudent? Definitely. People get offended by everything and are quick to pursue litigation. Perspective tends to dictate what we think is acceptable. Take that 88 for example. Is is hate speech slang or a symbol of good luck in Chinese culture? The 69? Is it "Nice" or is it a digital representation of Zodiac sign for Cancer?
The 69 isn't blocked so it's sort moot, but I get where you're going. Apple's gonna do what Apple's gonna do. In the end this is a trivial concern about a niche accessory that will most likely fade from memory in a few months time.
