Are Siri and the Wikipedia app next on the list ?
I don't understand the ban on the historical apps - the civil war did happen and the confederate flag was used.
Are nazi flags and symbols banned from ww2 games ?
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#12Will they also remove WWII games with Nazi flags?
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#13Why is everyone trying to erase history all of a sudden? Because somebody felt bad?
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#14The North has finally won the war!
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#15Why is everyone trying to erase history all of a sudden? Because somebody felt bad?
Please don't hyperbolize. Removing the Confederate flags from public places like government buildings and refusing to sell merchandise with the flag is not erasing history.
And I'd call the regular terrorizing and murder of black people under this flag far more than "someone felt bad".
Apple simply took a way-to-heavy-handed approach here.
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#16Apple can do what they want.
Free speech and all.
That said, this is silly.
Apple should respect their developers and let them use historical symbols used by the opposing sides.
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#17Possibly this is just Apple pushing the burden of proof onto the developers? They could have had their app reviewers go through every app one by one and try to understand the context, or they can do this and force the developers that care to justify the use of the flag.
Pretty stupid, anyway.
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#18It's quite ironic that Apple is setting a precedent for the intolerance of any symbol of slavery while they are knowingly supporting manufacturing which utilizes child labor, which is often forced labor. The epitome of hypocrisy which hopefully leads Apple to change.
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#19Why is everyone trying to erase history all of a sudden? Because somebody felt bad?
Regardless of what you think about the current reactions, they are not solely the result of someone feeling bad. They are the reactions to the murder of 9 innocent people by a white supremacist professing a genocidal desire. Now, whether this justifies this action or not is a different matter.
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#20This is ridiculous. I bet they leave Nazi WWII games.