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That's fair, but all the same, one really does have to wonder. I know basically nothing about who actually looks at the apps that get submitted. Nor do I know
by mithaler 16y ago
That's fair, but all the same, one really does have to wonder.
I know basically nothing about who actually looks at the apps that get submitted. Nor do I know anything about what apps typically get rejected. I've never worked with the App Store personally, as a developer or a consumer. But I understand developers should expect a time period of anywhere between an hour and two weeks before getting approval, during which presumably a human looks at it, right?
I just can't imagine any adult of sound mind and typical socialization (and presumably having gone through training that explained what Apple's internal policy is toward app approvals) wouldn't realize that that app is offensive. Thus, the only explanations I can come up with are either a) whoever approved it genuinely didn't notice its content (possible but highly unprofessional and careless, to a degree I normally wouldn't expect from a company with Apple's reputation) or b) Apple's famously stringent approval policy contains nothing that forbids this content.
Hell, it's possible I'm expecting more stringency from them than actually exists. Most of my knowledge of the App Store comes from the tech press. But there's no getting around the fact that a human looked at this and approved it. We are thus in the second scenario you mentioned: someone has seen your pants and very likely your unbuttoned fly, and the situation has not been rectified. Consequently, I feel I do have standing to hold Apple accountable for this, and as you say, more so because of their apparent position in the past in support of their LGBT employees.
- raganwald 16y agoI agree without reservation that Apple is accountable for this. They choose their employees, they establish policies, they train them, they supervise them. I was only quibbling about the word "endorse." More importantly, Apple extracts 30% of the sales of this garbage. It appears somewhere on an Apple web site. Even if Apple had a policy of allowing any app to appear on their store I would still hold them accountable for reselling this kind of thing and having it appear under their name on the App Store. Their guidelines are not on a public server, however Gruber quoted the guidelines last month: http://daringfireball.net/2010/09/app_store_guidelines http://daringfireball.net/2010/09/app_store_guidelines We will reject Apps for any content or behavior that we believe is over the line. What line, you ask? Well, as a Supreme Court Justice once said, “I’ll know it when I see it”. And we think that you will also know it when you cross it. And: Any app that is defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited, or likely to place the targeted individual or group in harms way will be rejected. And if neither of those apply: This is a living document, and new apps presenting new questions may result in new rules at any time. Perhaps your app will trigger this. I think we're in violent agreement that this app has to go, and go swiftly.