Poll: Fart Sounds on iPhone

Are Fart Sounds Appropriate on an iPhone?

  • Yes

    Votes: 80 58.8%

  • No

    Votes: 56 41.2%
  • Total voters
    136
heyp said:
that's hilarious...i can't believe you got denied, though i don't know if i'd pay for this app
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I kind of figured if fart machines sell for $10 in stores that a $0.99 cent one would be a steal, who knows what the market would have been though.
 
I wouldn't have bought this, but I'm upset it was denied. I don't feel this reaches the level that needs to be met for rejection.

I suggest turning it into a sound effect machine with many sounds. (Record the rest yourself to save money.) Then, you can sell a sound effect machine that simply includes a farting sound among a dozen others. Add things like the "tell me a sad story" violin sound and the rimshot drum sound or the "wha wha wha" sad trumpet sound and an applause sound.

Perhaps that might get approved, yet could still offer the same functionality? In fact it might be better...call it a "Conversation Enhancer."

(Not that this would trick Apple, but that they might feel better selling something that was more than JUST a farting joke.)
 
Small White Car said:
I wouldn't have bought this, but I'm upset it was denied. I don't feel this reaches the level that needs to be met for rejection.

I suggest turning it into a sound effect machine with many sounds. (Record the rest yourself to save money.) Then, you can sell a sound effect machine that simply includes a farting sound among a dozen others. Add things like the "tell me a sad story" violin sound and the rimshot drum sound or the "wha wha wha" sad trumpet sound.

Perhaps that might get approved, yet could still offer the same functionality? In fact it might be better...call it a "Conversation Enhancer."

(Not that this would trick Apple, but that they might feel better selling something that was more than JUST a farting joke.)
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A guy tried this and it got denied too: http://homepage.mac.com/frizzo1/page9/page9.html
 
What is a 'far't sound? There is a range of possible sounds, a fan of limitless possibilities. So What's the range of the app? And will you be able tp record your own. God, what a waste of time...
 
fastbite said:
What is a 'far't sound? There is a range of possible sounds, a fan of limitless possibilities. So What's the range of the app? And will you be able tp record your own. God, what a waste of time...
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A fart sound is a sound that is made when air comes out of your anus. To answer your question, the application was only limited to these sounds, and no you cannot record your own in this app.
 
heyp said:
that's hilarious...i can't believe you got denied, though i don't know if i'd pay for this app
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I guess the bigger issue here is that Apple allows UNRATED movies but a silly app with fart noises doesn't make the cut. They are stifling consumer choice and dictating to a great degree what is offensive. I am as big a fan as anyone of Apple, I have tons of Apple gear. This worries me about Apple and the app store, and makes the me realize the jailbreakers or Android might just do ok in the long run.

This won't be my last app, I'm not that bitter. I just hope Apple works things out if it is going be a 'moral' cop.'

I wonder if everyone in the testing lab wasn't getting anything done because they were making too many fart noises, and the execs quickly worried about mass productivity loss from the practical jokes.
 
I'd like to thank Apple for protecting me from the sound of farts. Because now I am forever protected from these terrible sounds. Thanks Apple. :rolleyes:
 
whosyourtator said:
Apple allows UNRATED movies but a silly app with fart noises doesn't make the cut.
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Did you get an official reason for the denial, or was it simply denied?

I ask because in light of your comment quoted above it seems unlikely that Apple would deny your app due to its content.

Are you sure it wasn't a licensing issue?
 
evilgEEk said:
Did you get an official reason for the denial, or was it simply denied?

I ask because in light of your comment quoted above it seems unlikely that Apple would deny your app due to its content.

Are you sure it wasn't a licensing issue?
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I'm sure. The denial email specifically stated that my app violated this clause in the iPhone Developer SDK Agreement:

Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple's reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.
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The decision is final. I offered to rename the application and remove any fart sounds that were "too offensive" by sending an email to sjobs@apple.com and the reply said the decision was final.

The fat lady sang, nothing else I can do. I don't really want to cause a "stink" about it. :) I just think its kinda sill that it was denied given so much more questionable content in the iTunes Store and wanted to get opinions of how people felt regarding it was denied. I also want to warn others that fart sounds will not be tolerated before they spend time working on a fart machine. My app is not the only fart machine that has been denied.

Who knows, maybe in some country fart sounds are the equivalent of to saying the mother of all curse words. How sad, I was going to add the timer for pranks in the next version and possible "belches" in a later version.

I kind of wonder if the larger concern is not the fart sounds, but the fact that I know this application would have become popular and Apple doesn't want the iPhone to be known as a $400 fart machine. I also wonder if the testers were having too much fun with it and they became worried that it might cause mass productivity loss in corporations. I know after I coded it, I played fart sounds for days and it's still not old to me, immature yeah, but I'll live a lot longer than those who cannot laugh at a fart.

I worked at one location in the past were it was very common to bring up online fart machines on your computer and rattle one off when the office became way too quiet. It always got a laugh.
 
I'm disappointed. I read about this app on a blog about a week ago, and have been searching iTunes for it every day since. :(

Coulda been a killer app, imo.
 
It DEPENDS, was it "WET" farts or "DRY" farts that you had on there. I prefer the bubbly type farts with a slight sound of an accidental squirt of putrid wet stuff. :p
 
I voted yes-but only to support freedom of expression-personally I do not even understand WHY YOU WOULD WANT THIS-but whatever-different strokes for different folks :confused:
 
slapppy said:
It DEPENDS, was it "WET" farts or "DRY" farts that you had on there. I prefer the bubbly type farts with a slight sound of an accidental squirt of putrid wet stuff. :p
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HAHA! The app has a variety of fart sounds.

"Barn Burner"
"Widow Maker"
"Hair Raiser"
"Little One"
"Free at Last"
"In a Cave"
"Not my Friend"
"Shy One"
 
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