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You can believe what you want. Personally, I believe that either nobody has bothered to report the apps that are still up, or Apple doesn't give a shit about ga

You can believe what you want. Personally, I believe that either nobody has bothered to report the apps that are still up, or Apple doesn't give a shit about games because those are in their own bucket.

RIMR 11y ago
I think what it boils down to is that Apple shouldn't be deciding if newsworth facts are too obscene to be published. Should news apps be removed if they report on murders?
- caskance 11y ago
  There's a huge difference between a news app that happens to cover murders and a "murder news" app that only covers that specific subset. The app in question is clearly much closer to the latter.
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  - simoncion 11y ago
    So, software that only provides reports on firearm-related-homicides in a neighborhood is a "murder news" app and should be banned?
    - caskance 11y ago
      I've been deliberately avoiding talking about what should be banned. I would expect Apple to remove such an app from their store once they found out about it, yes.
      - simoncion 11y ago
        > I've been deliberately avoiding talking about what should be banned. Given that Apple's de-listing rationale is arbitrary and capricious, restricting one's comments to attempts to predict what Apple might ban provides zero value to any conversation.
        caskance 11y ago
        If you wanted to call their app removal criteria arbitrary or capricious, you sure picked some bad examples. Their offensiveness meter seems pretty obvious to me. The only thing I'd really worry about is "apps that duplicate OS features" since you really can't predict that without insider knowledge.
  - beedogs 11y ago
    That's some frustratingly stupid logic right there.
    - dang 11y ago
      When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

RIMR 11y ago

I think what it boils down to is that Apple shouldn't be deciding if newsworth facts are too obscene to be published. Should news apps be removed if they report on murders?

caskance 11y ago
There's a huge difference between a news app that happens to cover murders and a "murder news" app that only covers that specific subset. The app in question is clearly much closer to the latter.
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- simoncion 11y ago
  So, software that only provides reports on firearm-related-homicides in a neighborhood is a "murder news" app and should be banned?
  - caskance 11y ago
    I've been deliberately avoiding talking about what should be banned. I would expect Apple to remove such an app from their store once they found out about it, yes.
    - simoncion 11y ago
      > I've been deliberately avoiding talking about what should be banned. Given that Apple's de-listing rationale is arbitrary and capricious, restricting one's comments to attempts to predict what Apple might ban provides zero value to any conversation.
      - caskance 11y ago
        If you wanted to call their app removal criteria arbitrary or capricious, you sure picked some bad examples. Their offensiveness meter seems pretty obvious to me. The only thing I'd really worry about is "apps that duplicate OS features" since you really can't predict that without insider knowledge.
- beedogs 11y ago
  That's some frustratingly stupid logic right there.
  - dang 11y ago
    When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html