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I've noticed that folks commonly neglect the fact that the 1st amendment is specifically talking about the prevention of the -government- from restricting free
by mtm 16y ago
I'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 16y 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 16y 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 16y agoclearly you, sir, have not been to a newsstand in nyc.
- orangecat 16y ago"Legal" and "not wrong" are only partially intersecting.
- gloob 16y agoAnd when they overlap it's usually more by happy accident than by design.