I wrote a letter to Tim Cook about this (http://mrcaron.tumblr.com/post/10163623845/open-letter-to-ti...), hoping to spread the love.
Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process
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#12It's a bit misleading to say this is an Anti-iPhone game when it's drawing attention to how most electrical items are made. Also, I'd imagine Apple would've been slammed for rejecting an app which claims to be donating proceeds to charity so it'd be less controversial to let it through.
I'm assuming you didn't see the screenshot of the "Pear" store. Or the factory workers jumping off the building.
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#14It's a bit misleading to say this is an Anti-iPhone game when it's drawing attention to how most electrical items are made. Also, I'd imagine Apple would've been slammed for rejecting an app which claims to be donating proceeds to charity so it'd be less controversial to let it through.
I thought Apple's policy was to reject all apps that claim to donate proceeds to charity.
"You cannot say anywhere in the application description, support materials, or the application itself that some or all of the proceeds will go to any given charity" http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/01/app-store-lessons-...
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#15One big point - Apple supports it's products longer than the rest of the industry, thus they don't end up in landfills as quickly. For example:
- The original iPhone was released in June of 2007, and had the newest iOS (3.x) available until the release of iOS 4 in June 2010.
- The iPhone 3GS was released in June of 2009, and is still getting OS updates, even to iOS 5 released later this year.
How many Android phones are obsolete in 6 months, never receiving another software update? The impetus to upgrade and chuck the old phone is much higher in their case as obsolescence starts nearly immediately because the manufacturers only make money on the hardware itself.
You'll likely get at least 3 years of OS updates out of Apple, whereas you might get one if you're lucky and the manufacturer still likes the product with Android.
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Re: Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process
#17One big point - Apple supports it's products longer than the rest of the industry, thus they don't end up in landfills as quickly. For example: - The original iPhone was released in June of 2007, and had the newest iOS (3.x) available until the release of iOS 4 in June 2010. - The iPhone 3GS was released in June of 2009, and is still getting OS updates, even to iOS 5 released later this year. How many Android phones…
This is a manufacturer issue. You can still install the latest android on the first official Android phone (HTC Dream).
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#18I'm not surprised that this got through as it is more likely to offend Apple than a user.
Apple's control of the App Store is not without good reason. It seeks to protect users (and their children) from malware, pornography and offence (and protect Apple from bad publicity and legal action by selling such things to its users).
While an overzealous employee might take it onto themselves to try to protect Apple from criticism in this way: it is not Apple policy to do so.
Note also that Apple has always reacted sensibly to any accusations of abuse and/or suicide in it's supplier's factories. Plus, Foxconn's suicide rate is far below both China's and the US's rate for a similar demographic.
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#19The [Foxcon] workers jumping off the building in the screenshots is extremely tasteless.
I think that's the point. This app wasn't made to make people feel good and have a fun time playing a game. It's to alert them to the consequences of their economic decisions. By making a game of the sad reality of overworked factory workers committing suicide, it draws attention to what it is that allows us to play games on this device. Thus there is a connection established between game and death.
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#20One big point - Apple supports it's products longer than the rest of the industry, thus they don't end up in landfills as quickly. For example: - The original iPhone was released in June of 2007, and had the newest iOS (3.x) available until the release of iOS 4 in June 2010. - The iPhone 3GS was released in June of 2009, and is still getting OS updates, even to iOS 5 released later this year. How many Android phones…
This is a manufacturer issue. You can still install the latest android on the first official Android phone (HTC Dream).
How many non-geek people sideload? On how many phones is it impossible to do so because of a locked bootloader or other technological impediment?
I do agree that it's a manufacturer issue - specifically with a revenue model that give no reward for staying up to date (which is also horrible for device security...).