Forum - View topicNEWS: Apple Confirms Stricter Content Ban on iPhone Apps
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Strike Freedom Meister
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Oh the hilariousness of hypocrisy! Apple has become "The Party." Thankfully we do have alternatives such as Android, Web OS, Windows Phone 7 Series, etc. This happens all the time with Apple. As soon as they have something good going for them, they try to control it with such a tight grip. But the tighter the grip, the public just slips through their fingers.
It would be funny if this was the moment, where Apple began their decline AGAIN. It would be funny if another moment like 1997 comes when Apple really starts to fall apart, but nobody like Bill Gates comes to their rescue this time. |
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dragonrider_cody
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Actually, one could argue that it was Steve Jobs who came to Apple's rescue. Microsoft invested a rather modest sum in the company, but truth be told, the iMac, the product that saved Apple, was already well into development.
Not to mention, it was a rather small amount of cash given both companies sizes at the time, and Apple really did little with it. In fact, the investment worked out more for Microsoft, who was able to sell it at a considerable gain. I may not like the banning of certain content, but I can understand the reasoning behind. With systems like these, it can be hard to authenticate the user and keep underaged users out. I was browsing the new apps in the Droid Marketplace and was amazed by how many "adult apps" there were. I can definitely understand the complaints and Apple feeling the need to act. You know if they hadn't done this, some mother would have sued them down the line for exposing her child to pornography. 
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Bell02
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Banning content is still a poor man's excuse, similar to selling your entire video game collection to game stop, rather than looking up the values of individual games and selling them on Ebay for more. They have the ages of people tied to the accounts, they have them sign contract agreements, they could have just as easy just locked the contracts to people under certain age ranges and people who click the option in their account. Much like parental settings in web browsers and video game systems, of course it'll work because like video game systems, apple has full control over their apple store. So no, it's not a good excuse to just cut the content all together because some parent complains. (Especially considering that parents will complain about everything and anything given the chance) |
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