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'South Park' Application Rejected From App Store

like people have said before. apple cant actually put this on the app store without putting their hand up to be sued. they can put southpark episodes and songs with obscene lyrics up because there is a way to fliter them out. what is considered offensive and not offensive with tv shows and music is all based of a ratings system that has been around for years.

now we would be in the exact same situation if apple decided to rate apps themselves people would be complaining that they should be able to decide what is offensive cause their adults and they should have choices.

well though luck we live in a time where people sue for anything they can and companies like apple have to watch what they are selling. apple have taken the only road that they can without facing lawsuits and that is to say no offensive apps.

and about the fart apps thats just apple weighing up bad publicity vs being able to fight a fart app as non offensive.
 
Imagine if Apple remotely reached into your Mac and was like "we see you have µTorrent and we don't like it so we're removin' it"
and then "oh and you use Firefox... well that competes with Safari! Better uninstall that too."
We would instantly lose all loyalty to Apple.

Because the fact is that if you create a platform that is to be the standard for anything, you simply cannot pick and choose who publishes on your platform. It's unethical.

The fastest way to lose customers is to tell them what they can and cannot view/listen to/play etc. And this is what Apple has chosen to do with the App Store. It's one of the reasons I don't own an iPhone.
 
Let's Sekuhara! said:
Imagine if Apple remotely reached into your Mac and was like "we see you have µTorrent and we don't like it so we're removin' it"
and then "oh and you use Firefox... well that competes with Safari! Better uninstall that too."
We would instantly lose all loyalty to Apple.

Because the fact is that if you create a platform that is to be the standard for anything, you simply cannot pick and choose who publishes on your platform. It's unethical.

The fastest way to lose customers is to tell them what they can and cannot view/listen to/play etc. And this is what Apple has chosen to do with the App Store. It's one of the reasons I don't own an iPhone.
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You are missing out on a great experience though...
 
I remember when this application was posted on the south park web site.. They had some screenshots and some video of the application being played. Back then, they said that the application was submitted into the app store, but I noticed that it never made it in.. Pretty much figured that it was rejected.

Kinda a bad move on apples end, but there are a few websites that stream it over the network.
 
this gets turned down and yet Ifart was the number one selling app for months wow oh well im glad i got a jailbroken Ipod touch.
 
It's just a matter of time before Cydia is killed by iPhone KILL SWITCH, and creators of Cydia sued by Apple for violating DMCA.
 
that grinds my gears if people dont like it then dont download it... simple as that
 
Let's Sekuhara! said:
Imagine if Apple remotely reached into your Mac and was like "we see you have µTorrent and we don't like it so we're removin' it"
and then "oh and you use Firefox... well that competes with Safari! Better uninstall that too."
We would instantly lose all loyalty to Apple.
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Who is WE?

WHEN Apple starts to do this (not hypothetically, not if, but when...) you will still have the parade of fanboys to tell us all how good it is for us.

When Apple decides they are as sophisticated as OnStar and they need to turn on your isight and make sure everything is OK in your home, and they see you asleep in the middle of the day, and they call 9/11 for you, you'll still have a parade of Apple fanboys telling you how good it is for you.
 
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