Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

Post by mkr-hn » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 12:09 PM UTC

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The offensive content problem may even have something to do with the appearance of their "monster" character being confusingly similar to typical portrayals of the devil (red character with horns), which itself is can be an offensive image in many cultures regardless of context. That's why feedback is so important in these review processes, especially with something so subjective. As an aside, the devil thing isn't i…

Reading this story, its interesting how similar Texas and some places in middle east can be. Dust, deserts, oil, lots of guns, and... fanatics (to avoid calling them fundamentalists).

Post by graue » Mon, Jul 16, 2012, 1:31 AM UTC

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If I heard a joke about naughty toys in a movie? Or some good friends made fun of me while out drinking and said something like that? Sure, no problem. But in a finance app? Not okay. If I'm trusting this company's app to manage my finances, they should show a professional level of distance and respect, and not have some robot joking about my sex life. It's personal, it's potentially insulting, and it's in a context…

> If you want to market a product in those countries you should respect that. They should. But here's the problem: the subset of things that offend any country in the world, is the superset. And the cultural and moral values applied, are not 'international'. They are extremely American. And some of the things it outlaws, may be a crucial part of the identity of another culture. There are cultures that consider female…

Post by rogerbinns » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 4:44 AM UTC

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I'm betting you are on iOS :-) Links come from all over the place such as email and websites. I hope people have got into the habit of checking links before clicking on them! In any event on Android from a web browser not on your device you can go to the Play store web site and install apps on your device. It looks like you can do the same thing if you are on a system that has iTunes installed for iOS although it is…

Actually, I'm one of those Windows Phone guys and I run CyanogenMod on my HP TouchPad, so I am familiar with the web versions of the Play store and Windows Marketplace. I find I usually click on App URLs from sites like Engadget, that I trust.