Any user base who would give up a little freedom for a little security, will end up with a platform-specific app store.
Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes
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#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
BS argument through and through. 1st* You need an Apple ID with a credit card to use the App Store. Ergo, adult work. Ergo, parental controls can be integrated into the credit card screen by the simple checkbox "Is the user of this account an adult?" 2nd* Supreme Court Justice is given the authority by the state to decide on immense matters after years of honorable (which is their title, by the way) service. Nice att…
> You need an Apple ID with a credit card to use the App Store. Ergo, adult work. Ergo, parental controls can be integrated into the credit card screen by the simple checkbox "Is the user of this account an adult?" I'm pretty sure you don't, at least beyond the first-time setup of the account. My son has an iTunes account and we "fund" it through iTunes gift cards. There is no credit card attached at all. Once his gi…
Not to mention Visa gift cards.
Re: Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes
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Jeez louis, who's making that logical fallacy? Don't put your interpretation into other people's mouths. The moment Apple crosses a line, I'll bail. But I disagree that it has. It's just a fucking phone, for Christ's sake. And you can still do this app as a web app. It's a question of two imperfect approaches. Google's "open" Android market (it isn't quite totally open is it?) is far from utopia too, no? All that mal…
One point to make: I didn't give you any downmods, because I can't and refuse to do so. Let me see if I can explain this in more detail. I'm not saying the android market is perfect, nor am I saying that the iOS market is an ideal solution. My point is that the original statement: > The ideal walled garden would be one that blocks spammy apps and malware - but not information is a logical fallacy. Information is a ve…
I respect you for your refusal to downmod.
But as to "logical fallacy"... as Inigo Montoya would say, You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Re: Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes
#75Actually killing people is "objectionable and crude". Telling people about it, in an attempt to stop further killings, is anything but.
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#76"About two weeks later, on July 23, Apple told him was just too blah."
What is this supposed to say?
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None of that answers my question. Why can't adults opt in to seeing adult apps? There are literally hundreds of millions of non-iDevice smartphone users who don't live with these restrictions and who are not being harmed at all. Is there something special about iDevice users that means they need extra protection? Of course not.
The first point seems to cover it: Kids will just opt-in too.
Is it really Apples place to police that?
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
BS argument through and through. 1st* You need an Apple ID with a credit card to use the App Store. Ergo, adult work. Ergo, parental controls can be integrated into the credit card screen by the simple checkbox "Is the user of this account an adult?" 2nd* Supreme Court Justice is given the authority by the state to decide on immense matters after years of honorable (which is their title, by the way) service. Nice att…
> You need an Apple ID with a credit card to use the App Store. Ergo, adult work. Ergo, parental controls can be integrated into the credit card screen by the simple checkbox "Is the user of this account an adult?" I'm pretty sure you don't, at least beyond the first-time setup of the account. My son has an iTunes account and we "fund" it through iTunes gift cards. There is no credit card attached at all. Once his gi…
Isn't safari only a few clicks away anyway.. after all the web is darker than any app store.
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Android FTW. I know this pops up constantly, but this is EXACTLY the reason I advocate for android. This sort of shit does not fly there. Apple has the ability to censor which even the government can't and worse is that it's fully legal. I really wish people would take these stories as a sign that we need to focus on the android market. FWIW: I am not advocating for the baby & bathwater argument. I think we must focu…
While this is true, security is a massive concern. Just look at how many malicious apps were in the Android store just last year, vs. in the Apple store.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the issue being discussed. Google could clamp down hard on security if they wanted to and still not reject apps for political reasons like Apple appear to do.
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I believe the following parts of the iOS App Store Review Guidelines answer your question: * We have lots of kids downloading lots of apps, and parental controls don't work unless the parents set them up (many don't). So know that we're keeping an eye out for the kids. * We will reject Apps for any content or behavior that we believe is over the line. What line, you ask? Well, as a Supreme Court Justice once said, "I…
Wow, I thought you were joking and making it up. But it turns out these are actual store guidelines, and they are written in this style.
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