The latest:
Apple will not distribute "porn" and other inappropriate content.
From the story:
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After the news broke that the first iPhone application with nudity was released, the app was quickly removed from the App Store. Despite the developer initially claiming that it was removed voluntarily to relieve server load, it seems that Apple may have had an active role in its removal.
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"A likely story" was my immediate (snarky) response yesterday to the bullcrap floated about "server loads" and so forth. There simply can't be that many sad, horned-up individuals looking to needlessly spend $2 on such a lame app. Certainly not enough to "crash the servers". I refused to believe that.
From Apple:
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Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content, such as pornography. The developer of this application added inappropriate content directly from their server after the application had been approved and distributed, and after the developer had subsequently been asked to remove some offensive content. This was a direct violation of the terms of the iPhone Developer Program. The application is no longer available on the App Store.
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Told ya.
Sounds like this developer engaged in a bit of bait-n-switch tomfoolery, so that makes them an extra level or two of idiot, and even more deserving of the can job. Did they submit the app with puppy and butterfly pics, received approval and swapped it all out with the T&A? Shady and low-rent behavior and tactics, at best. They purposely set out to deceive or get around Apple's approval process. And it bit them.
So we can argue about all this until the cows come home (and I'm sure some of us will
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I see nothing wrong or bad about this.
Might not always be this way, of course. But, as it stands, that seems to be where Apple is coming down on it all. Suck it up (no pun)...
Still isn't a thing keeping you from building your own little collection (of whatever you're into, and as mild and wild as you prefer) and syncing it to your iPhone. Apple simply isn't going to provide access to a lame app that does it, that's all. Big deal.