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This will happen again for the devs sometime in the near future. The app developers should just pick a different name to create an easier life for themselves.
by teh_klev 6y ago
This will happen again for the devs sometime in the near future. The app developers should just pick a different name to create an easier life for themselves.
The app name is problematic if you're a bit puritanical about naming or saying certain things that are edgy, which infects most US megacorps such as Twitter, Facebook et al. I've been on the end of this because they force their puritanical cultural US standards across the world. For example, in a pub, in Scotland, I can quite comfortably tell someone to "go fuck themselves", or "don't be a cunt". The way we use language and profanity is not the same, intent-wise, as whatever internal guidelines Jack, Mark and friends arrived at from a US interpretation. Using language such as this as a Scot on Twitter, between Scots, will get you a suspension.
Personally I think it's a daft name, and couldn't recommend anyway. Not because I'm puritanical, but because it's just trying to be provocative. It's up there with GIMP which is a challenge to talk about in any human company without people sniggering.
It's Apple's store, you bought into it, you play by their Puritan corporate rules.
And sure I could stop using Twitter, FB et al, but I don't have a livelihood to protect by needing to being on these things.
- emptyparadise 6y agoIt's worth pushing back against bad and disagreeable rules.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoI don't think "Don't name your apps after drugs, especially controlled substances" is a bad or disagreeable rule
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoWhy is GIMP a challenge to talk about? I'm worried because I've talked about it at work with colleagues and I work in the US...