Comments on: Apple tries to defend its App Store to the FCC http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/08/apple-tries-to-defend-its-app-store-to-the-fcc/ news and random thoughts from your friendly neighborhood independent developers at juggleware, llc Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jj http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/08/apple-tries-to-defend-its-app-store-to-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-132 jj Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:04:34 +0000 http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=136#comment-132 That "free market machine" is exactly what enables companies to create products like the one you're trying to leverage for political reasons. The first amendment has nothing to do with a retailer's right to choose what they sell. You can't force a store to stock your product. That would be a nightmare. I understand where you're coming from, but you'll get a lot farther exercising your freedom than trying to get others (which includes corporations) to stop exercising theirs. That “free market machine” is exactly what enables companies to create products like the one you’re trying to leverage for political reasons. The first amendment has nothing to do with a retailer’s right to choose what they sell. You can’t force a store to stock your product. That would be a nightmare.

I understand where you’re coming from, but you’ll get a lot farther exercising your freedom than trying to get others (which includes corporations) to stop exercising theirs.

]]> By: alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/08/apple-tries-to-defend-its-app-store-to-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-86 alec Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:23:00 +0000 http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=136#comment-86 Another app recently censored was Ninjawords— an English dictionary. Even though it had already been given a 17+ rating, it was deemed "offensive" bcecause users could type in words like "fuck" and it would give you the definition from wiktionary.com. http://daringfireball.net/2009/08/ninjawords This is possibly the stupidest, worst rejection I know of to date. To be consistent, Apple will now have to censor Safari for letting you search google for the same word. But we all know Apple's not going to be consistent. Another app recently censored was Ninjawords— an English dictionary. Even though it had already been given a 17+ rating, it was deemed “offensive” bcecause users could type in words like “fuck” and it would give you the definition from wiktionary.com.

http://daringfireball.net/2009/08/ninjawords

This is possibly the stupidest, worst rejection I know of to date. To be consistent, Apple will now have to censor Safari for letting you search google for the same word. But we all know Apple’s not going to be consistent.

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