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Never attribute to malice that which can equally be explained by carelessness. My experience with completely nonpolitical apps strongly suggests the app approv

by eli 10y ago

Never attribute to malice that which can equally be explained by carelessness. My experience with completely nonpolitical apps strongly suggests the app approval process is very arbitrary and inconsistent across the board.

pkinsky 10y ago
If it were just a matter of creating two political apps, one anti-red and one anti-blue, and observing that the anti-blue one is banned, I'd agree. The article cites 3 different games focussed on simulating violence against Trump, though, which to me is enough to suggest a trend.
- cscurmudgeon 10y ago
  Just search on the app store, you will find anti Hillary apps.
- sitic 10y ago
  Apple could have been rejecting one hundred apps which mock Trump without us knowing. You're a suggesting a trend based on a single data point.
  - pkinsky 10y ago
    That's absolutely right. I suggest a simple experiment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12420407 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12420407 It should be possible to come up with ~10 'clone' games (slap trump/hillary with a fish, hit trump/hillary in the face with a pie, etc) by swapping a few assets. Phonegap could be used to deploy the same simple javascript/html5 app on android and iOS. Submit each app to Google/Apple and see what the acceptance rates look like. I would think that would be enough to confirm or disprove the existence of any bias.
danso 10y ago
Yeah, it's not hard to believe that the decisions were made by two different low level employees, one who knows the rules and the other who doesn't. It's not as if these all get kicked up to Tim Cook's desk at the end of the day (though this one will be, thanks to press coverage)
sergiotapia 10y ago
I attribute it to Apple and other Sillicon Valley companies being in favor of H1B legislations, and Hillary Clinton is the candidate that supports it from the get go.
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by eli 10y ago

pkinsky 10y ago

If it were just a matter of creating two political apps, one anti-red and one anti-blue, and observing that the anti-blue one is banned, I'd agree. The article cites 3 different games focussed on simulating violence against Trump, though, which to me is enough to suggest a trend.

cscurmudgeon 10y ago
Just search on the app store, you will find anti Hillary apps.
sitic 10y ago
Apple could have been rejecting one hundred apps which mock Trump without us knowing. You're a suggesting a trend based on a single data point.
- pkinsky 10y ago
  That's absolutely right. I suggest a simple experiment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12420407 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12420407 It should be possible to come up with ~10 'clone' games (slap trump/hillary with a fish, hit trump/hillary in the face with a pie, etc) by swapping a few assets. Phonegap could be used to deploy the same simple javascript/html5 app on android and iOS. Submit each app to Google/Apple and see what the acceptance rates look like. I would think that would be enough to confirm or disprove the existence of any bias.

danso 10y ago

Yeah, it's not hard to believe that the decisions were made by two different low level employees, one who knows the rules and the other who doesn't. It's not as if these all get kicked up to Tim Cook's desk at the end of the day (though this one will be, thanks to press coverage)

sergiotapia 10y ago

I attribute it to Apple and other Sillicon Valley companies being in favor of H1B legislations, and Hillary Clinton is the candidate that supports it from the get go.

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