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Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store

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Re: Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store

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Post by megablast »

neya wrote: post #30

This is good in my opinion. The more the rejection, the more the developers will tend to flee away from arrogant Marketplaces like that of Apple's. It will also, in a way, probably force developers to try out other marketplaces like the Windows Phone Marketplace and the Google Play store. Now, I do understand 500px is trying to create a uni-platform experience for its users, but now that 500px isn't allowed to publis…

> This is good in my opinion. The more the rejection, the more the developers will tend to flee away from arrogant Marketplaces like that of Apple's. It will also, in a way, probably force developers to try out other marketplaces like the Windows Phone Marketplace and the Google Play store.

People have been saying this for years, and it convinced me to make my Apps available on the android app store. The result, is a lot of messing around, and produced not much extra income.

Until Android starts to make the same sorts of money, which may never happen, this will not change.

Re: Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store

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Post by bollockitis »

jpdoctor wrote: post #46
kryptiskt wrote: post #10

"...have been pulled from the Apple App Store due to concerns about nude photos." The horror. It's a blessing the web came along before app stores became trendy. Now at least there's a huge vibrant world outside the walled gardens.

> "...have been pulled from the Apple App Store due to concerns about nude photos." Thank god the first-person shooter games are allowed to continue unhindered. We certainly don't want to jeopardize the future of our children by inculcating wrong behaviors.

The sad part is that most parents won't bat an eye while Junior guns down his opponents, but they would be up in arms at the sight of a nipple.

Re: Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store

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Post by sp332 »

analog wrote: post #25

This is beyond ridiculous. And I know that what Apple is doing doesn't breach any laws, but imo it should be illegal in the same way that MS bundling IE breached anti-trust laws. Personally I'm going to try Android when it comes time to replace my iPhone.

You can't get angry at someone else for not letting you sell stuff in their store. https://xkcd.com/1150/

Re: Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store

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Post by bookwormAT »

Simucal wrote: post #39
3pt14159 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We were called by Apple to let us know; they specifically told us to completely block even artistic nudes. Although I'm not sure of their stance on photos of Michaelangelo's David (see: http://500px.com/photo/765271 ). I'll have to get someone on the phone over there. (NSFA warning: Nipples)

Why doesn't the Bing app have to adhere to these same restrictions?

because the app store restrictions are guidelines how to please Apple, not rules. Apple can let hard porn through the app store and block letterpress if they like to.

Maybe Bing is just a more important strategic partner than 500px

Re: Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store

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Post by eupharis »

nthitz wrote: post #43
neya wrote: post #30

This is good in my opinion. The more the rejection, the more the developers will tend to flee away from arrogant Marketplaces like that of Apple's. It will also, in a way, probably force developers to try out other marketplaces like the Windows Phone Marketplace and the Google Play store. Now, I do understand 500px is trying to create a uni-platform experience for its users, but now that 500px isn't allowed to publis…

Unfortunately until there exists another good way for people to get their apps onto iOS devices (not counting web apps) Apple will remain the gatekeeper of their garden. Windows Phone Marketplace or Google Play store don't do much good for someone wanting to release an iOS app.

Why do we continue to accept the Apple euphemism that their ecosystem is a "walled garden"?

There are much more accurate terms to describe the Apple ecosystem.

When governments do this, prevent their users from looking at fine art that happens to involve nudity, we don't call the society a "walled garden."

Re: Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store

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Post by rimantas »

jpdoctor wrote: post #46
kryptiskt wrote: post #10

"...have been pulled from the Apple App Store due to concerns about nude photos." The horror. It's a blessing the web came along before app stores became trendy. Now at least there's a huge vibrant world outside the walled gardens.

> "...have been pulled from the Apple App Store due to concerns about nude photos." Thank god the first-person shooter games are allowed to continue unhindered. We certainly don't want to jeopardize the future of our children by inculcating wrong behaviors.

Well, you can compare outcry that happens every time some violent movie is shown on TV compared to outcry that happened after J. Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction".

I think this kind of attitude is stupid, but that's the problem with society, not the Apple.

Re: Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store

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Post by chc »

eupharis wrote: post #66
nthitz wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately until there exists another good way for people to get their apps onto iOS devices (not counting web apps) Apple will remain the gatekeeper of their garden. Windows Phone Marketplace or Google Play store don't do much good for someone wanting to release an iOS app.

Why do we continue to accept the Apple euphemism that their ecosystem is a "walled garden"? There are much more accurate terms to describe the Apple ecosystem. When governments do this, prevent their users from looking at fine art that happens to involve nudity, we don't call the society a "walled garden."

That isn't an "Apple euphemism." It's a pejorative term much older than the iPhone that Apple's critics apply to the Apple ecosystem.

Re: Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store

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Post by tbrownaw »

terhechte wrote: post #29
samtp wrote: post #12

I've never bought into whats so bad about a naked body. We all have one. From what I understand people get scared/agitated about nuditity because it makes humans seem more a part of nature, savage, and wild. People want to think of humanity as on a pedestal above "beasts". Still, this is a very strange aspect of our society

I'm from Germany, and whenever I have US friends over, they're aghast when they see our newspapers or magazines or TV ads, where nude bodies are nothing special and nobody cares if a kids sees boobs. On the other hand, violent media, like gore, or blood depiction, is explicitly forbidden. In games that were to be sold for minors, the publishers usually color the blood blue before releasing it on the German market. I…

I've never understood that, especially given that the us is so religious - isn't religion all about cherishing and praising life instead of death?

I suppose some of them can be. Or it can be "I believe that doing $X will cause $Y (even tho physics and science say it won't)". Or it can be "doing $X / giving up $Y makes me special and better than you [which gives me the right to make you also do $X / give up $Y, for your own good of course]".

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