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"But a representative from Apple called the cartoonist Thursday and suggested that he resubmit the app, Mr. Fiore said in an interview. “I feel kind of guilty,”
by nfnaaron 17y ago
"But a representative from Apple called the cartoonist Thursday and suggested that he resubmit the app, Mr. Fiore said in an interview. “I feel kind of guilty,” he said. “I’m getting preferential treatment because I got the Pulitzer.”"
He should get preferential treatment. He won a freakin' Pulitzer. Better still if it changes behavior, rather than being a one time damage control exercise.
- GiraffeNecktie 17y agoNo he should NOT get preferential treatment. A private company should not be acting as self appointed censor in the first place. Whether he won a Pulitzer or not, Apple should be in the technology platform business, not trying to insert themselves into the market for ideas, beliefs and information as a gatekeeper. Just because you sell printing presses doesn't mean you get to set the limits on free speech.
- jrockway 17y agoBut what if someone used the printing press to write about the weaknesses of printing presses!? The whole system would collapse. Oh wait, no.
- stcredzero 17y agoIncompleteness isn't applicable to the real world? (It is, just not naively.)
- mtm 17y agoI've noticed that folks commonly neglect the fact that the 1st amendment is specifically talking about the prevention of the -government- from restricting free speech, not individuals, not private entities. While I don't like Apple's current policies regarding the App store (3.3.1, seemingly arbitrary approvals, etc.) it is their store (printing press) and they can control it however they want within the law.
- cageface 17y agoThe problem with this is that Apple is more like a newsstand than a newspaper. Would you be comfortable with your local newsstand only selling papers that printed news it agreed with? What if that newsstand became so popular that other newsstands went out of business?
- cujo 17y agoI don't think this an accurate analogy. Most newsstands won't sell porn for example. And it isn't like those newsstands carry every magazine that might have valid news. They have to pick, and I'm betting they pick them based on what is good business for them. So actually, maybe I'm wrong. Apple is acting like the newsstand in some regard. Just not in the way you outline. If developers would take their stand and forgo the potential of cash in favor of principle, then Apple might be forced to change policies. Until then, nothing is likely to happen.
- siculars 17y agoclearly you, sir, have not been to a newsstand in nyc.
- orangecat 17y ago"Legal" and "not wrong" are only partially intersecting.
- gloob 17y agoAnd when they overlap it's usually more by happy accident than by design.
- nfnaaron 17y agoYes indeed, Apple should treat every submitter with fairness and equality. But they don't. So if this is what it takes to get their attention, huzzah!