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Steve Jobs Admits Apple Made a Mistake
- vishaldpatel 17y agoAlright; its time to resubmit my apps that ridiculed public figures and see what Apple says.
- greenlblue 17y agoIf you're a Pulitzer winner then there won't be problems since that's all we can conclude from this article and App Store policy.
- staunch 17y agoSteve Jobs needs a Twitter account. His email responses are the perfect size.
- nnutter 17y agoAdmitting you made a mistake does not mean you have learned from it. Apple has proven this over and over in the past few months/years.
- ehasanov 17y agoReading the title, I was hoping to see he decided to change 3.3.1
- Zak 17y agoAfter thinking about it for a while, I think the reason developers are so upset over 3.3.1 isn't just its direct effects. I think that many developers hoped that Apple would make the App Store more open over time. 3.3.1 is a clear sign that the opposite is more likely.
- kristiandupont 17y agoReading the title, I quickly looked at the url, expecting it to say theonion.com
- apphacker 17y agoThe only thing I learned from this is that if you won a pulitzer prize for your satire you can resubmit your satire app. Just like if you're Sports Illustrated you can have an app with girls in bikinis. It's just ugly to watch this hypocrisy. I don't plan on using iPhones anymore, or getting an iPad and maybe that means I miss out on really great phone and what looks like an amazing tablet, but at least I'm not a part of this long haul of an trip down Steve Job's ego. The thing is, I don't think Jobs thinks that he's doing anything but the right thing, protecting his app store from junk, and that's admirable in weird sort of way. It's just such a pain to hear about this ordeal day in and day out, for what like a year or two now, and just the parade of bad Apple news doesn't stop. I don't blame the tech blogs for reporting on it, I don't blame users for buying Apple's incredibly amazing devices. You know who I blame? Apple's competition for a complete inability to make decent shit that is at least in some alternate universe comparable in quality to what Apple produces, minus a crazy genius' ego. But I guess I don't live in that world. I guess in this world there's only one company capable of making good computers, and it just happens to come with a shit load of baggage.
- CamperBob 17y agoApple's competition for a complete inability to make decent shit that is at least in some alternate universe comparable in quality to what Apple produces, minus a crazy genius' ego. If you want this, lobby for patent reform.
- hammerdr 17y agoEven as a developer, I realize that political satire is far more important to the mobile platform ecosystem than a choice of language (e.g. 3.3.1). I'm glad that Jobs (and therefore Apple) realize that something needs to be "fixed" with the process that banned Fiore's app.
- fauigerzigerk 17y agoHe didn't mention the process. It sounds like he is talking about this individual case.
- asimjalis 17y agoProgramming languages and satire are both forms of self-expression. So the difference between them is superficial. Lisp for example encourages a kind of punning.
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- rauljara 17y agoReading through the comments, I am really struck by how much good will apple has completely squandered. The most obvious interpretation of events (in my mind, at least) is that no US based company would ever, ever want to be associated with censoring a satirist, and that the removal of the app really was a complete fuckup, indicative of a system that needs is not working like intended. A lot of the other comments seem to think it isn't a fuckup, that the system is designed to keep satirists out. Which would mean viewing apple in a pretty extreme light. The only way someone could think that about a company is if you have a lot of ill will towards them in the first place. The whole level of suspicion towards apple right now is a sign of just how much they've fucked up the goodwill they earned with their shiny products. I don't think that apple is intentionally rejecting satire apps. But I do think that unless they make a real effort to start earning back some trust, they deserve to have people thinking that way.
- endlessvoid94 17y agoDoes it matter? They're still selling, a LOT. Watch how people ACT, not what they SAY. Steve Jobs knows this. People slam apple all the time but they're doing incredibly, incredibly well. So, from their POV, who cares?
- ericd 17y agoShort term, yes. AT&T wireless, Time Warner internet, Ticket Master, etc. are also doing well financially, but as soon as they lose their monopoly power and there's a good alternative, they're toast. I know 0 people who would pick them over a good alternative if they knew of one. I love Apple products, but I would say they're heading down that same road with developers. If they ever lose their dominance in the app world, I think they're going to see a lot of defection.
- ohashi 17y agoI was honestly expecting an onion article.
- rudle 17y agoThis is the worst linkbait I've seen in a long time.
- robak 17y agoAnd what will happen when The Emperor dies? They will change the rules and get rid of applications already approved and maybe approve those that hadn't been? Maybe the next day they will take 3.3.1 out? Apple is the ultimate definition of anti-standard. As long as the Emperor lives here is how all the Apple customers live their lives. If he dies - anything can happen. This is ridiculous.
- DrSprout 17y ago>He added: “Editorial cartoons of all stripes should get a pass when it comes to the license agreement with the exception of those that espouse violence.” Which means that Apple is in fact censoring content? Or does this exclusively refer to criminal violence?
- comex 17y agoMaybe Steve Jobs would respond more often if every little message didn't generate a news article.