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> There is certainly very little evidence to the claim of the article Little evidence? The claim is that this app was rejected and Trump satire apps are allow

> There is certainly very little evidence to the claim of the article Little evidence? The claim is that this app was rejected and Trump satire apps are allowed - what evidence are you expecting other than the existence of the Punch Trump style apps on the App Store? Do you want a letter signed by Tim Cook saying that the App Store policies are intentionally biased?

existencebox 10y ago
You're providing evidence that the outcome exists in the real world. This is true. You are not providing evidence (neither did they) for the motive they described. A letter would be nice (to the QA testers who vet these games) but because I (having been a QA at one point who could have had the ability to make similar decisions about what gets into games with almost no oversight, training, or checks+balances, albeit for a much more no-name group) really doubt that's the situation, I would also be more swayed by demonstrating a track record for single-party support historically, and potentially contrasting with other app stores over that time period, since I could absolutely see this occuring due to what I mention. (Improper checks and balances, lack of clear guidelines, less formal/consistent vetting process) My "there is no evidence" should be taken as "the article seemed more conviction by 'THIS IS WRONG' than conviction by 'we find these systemic issues, here is the support for them'. In fact, it loops back to my original comment, in that both the articles and the flaggers were making a statement while providing very little other than the statement itself to support it.
cscurmudgeon 10y ago
A quick search shows titles like "Never Hillary", "Avoid Hillary", "Hillary Clinton Cross the Road". What do you say about that? I mentioned this in another comment, but was downvoted for exposing obvious buffoonery.
almostApatriot1 10y ago
There are satire apps on Itunes targeting Hillary Clinton. It's very easy to make your case when you cherrypick one data point out of thousands. Here's an app called Avoid Hillary[0] where you're Bill Clinton trying to dodge his wife. I honestly don't see how a boxing game with Donald Trump is any worse. [0] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/avoid-hillary/id1009997468?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/avoid-hillary/id1009997468?m...

existencebox 10y ago

You're providing evidence that the outcome exists in the real world. This is true. You are not providing evidence (neither did they) for the motive they described. A letter would be nice (to the QA testers who vet these games) but because I (having been a QA at one point who could have had the ability to make similar decisions about what gets into games with almost no oversight, training, or checks+balances, albeit for a much more no-name group) really doubt that's the situation, I would also be more swayed by demonstrating a track record for single-party support historically, and potentially contrasting with other app stores over that time period, since I could absolutely see this occuring due to what I mention. (Improper checks and balances, lack of clear guidelines, less formal/consistent vetting process) My "there is no evidence" should be taken as "the article seemed more conviction by 'THIS IS WRONG' than conviction by 'we find these systemic issues, here is the support for them'. In fact, it loops back to my original comment, in that both the articles and the flaggers were making a statement while providing very little other than the statement itself to support it.

cscurmudgeon 10y ago

A quick search shows titles like "Never Hillary", "Avoid Hillary", "Hillary Clinton Cross the Road". What do you say about that? I mentioned this in another comment, but was downvoted for exposing obvious buffoonery.

almostApatriot1 10y ago

There are satire apps on Itunes targeting Hillary Clinton. It's very easy to make your case when you cherrypick one data point out of thousands. Here's an app called Avoid Hillary[0] where you're Bill Clinton trying to dodge his wife. I honestly don't see how a boxing game with Donald Trump is any worse. [0] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/avoid-hillary/id1009997468?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/avoid-hillary/id1009997468?m...