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I'm inclined to believe this is a mistake and not intentional. We're talking about music here, not apps.

hahainternet 14y ago
I tend to agree that it is a mistake, but I wouldn't be surprised to find it in the App Store soon. What's next? "Also on *d"? edit: The above should have multiple asterisks, but HN formatting is a mystery to me.
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- objclxt 14y ago
  It's not totally surprising, given how Apple's App Review Guidelines already state that "apps or metadata that mentions the name of any other mobile platform will be rejected" (emphasis mine). It's strange that they would actually filter 'jailbreak' out though.
  - hahainternet 14y ago
    Oh wow they actually went and made that official now? Christ Apple, every time I come up with something that they might be doing in the future it turns out they're doing it worse than expected right now. There's no excuse whatsoever for that sort of censorship, it's purely anticompetitive. Good job they didn't grab the whole market when they had the chance.
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    - culturestate 14y ago
      There are plenty of terrible Apple policies, but I hardly think that disallowing free advertising for competitors on Apple's own platform is uncalled-for censorship. Would you make similar claims on ABC for not running ads for shows on CBS?
DHowett 14y ago
"All the categories are affected with this filter including Apps, songs, albums, podcast episodes, and iTunes U episodes." Emphasis mine. Further proof: http://db.tt/OTqocIJJ http://db.tt/OTqocIJJ (apologies, commenting via mobile.)
- fruchtose 14y ago
  Oops. Frankly, I don't know how I missed that. This leads to me believe that it was a mistake on Apple's part to censor "jailbreak" in everything outside of apps. Even then, it's a pretty inane decision. Apple won't approve any jailbreak apps in the first place, so why the censorship?
  - alephnil 14y ago
    The podcasts and iTunes U are affected by this as well, so it means that Apple stop people from finding content that talks or teaches about jailbreaking as well.
- 89a 14y ago
  Nothing of value is lost, almost half of those are scams
drzaiusapelord 14y ago
The reality distortion field is alive and well. Really, considering their strict policies and controlling nature how could this be a surprise let alone a mistake?

I tend to agree that it is a mistake, but I wouldn't be surprised to find it in the App Store soon. What's next? "Also on *d"? edit: The above should have multiple asterisks, but HN formatting is a mystery to me.

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objclxt 14y ago
It's not totally surprising, given how Apple's App Review Guidelines already state that "apps or metadata that mentions the name of any other mobile platform will be rejected" (emphasis mine). It's strange that they would actually filter 'jailbreak' out though.
- hahainternet 14y ago
  Oh wow they actually went and made that official now? Christ Apple, every time I come up with something that they might be doing in the future it turns out they're doing it worse than expected right now. There's no excuse whatsoever for that sort of censorship, it's purely anticompetitive. Good job they didn't grab the whole market when they had the chance.
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  - culturestate 14y ago
    There are plenty of terrible Apple policies, but I hardly think that disallowing free advertising for competitors on Apple's own platform is uncalled-for censorship. Would you make similar claims on ABC for not running ads for shows on CBS?

DHowett 14y ago

"All the categories are affected with this filter including Apps, songs, albums, podcast episodes, and iTunes U episodes." Emphasis mine. Further proof: http://db.tt/OTqocIJJ http://db.tt/OTqocIJJ (apologies, commenting via mobile.)

fruchtose 14y ago
Oops. Frankly, I don't know how I missed that. This leads to me believe that it was a mistake on Apple's part to censor "jailbreak" in everything outside of apps. Even then, it's a pretty inane decision. Apple won't approve any jailbreak apps in the first place, so why the censorship?
- alephnil 14y ago
  The podcasts and iTunes U are affected by this as well, so it means that Apple stop people from finding content that talks or teaches about jailbreaking as well.
89a 14y ago
Nothing of value is lost, almost half of those are scams

drzaiusapelord 14y ago

The reality distortion field is alive and well. Really, considering their strict policies and controlling nature how could this be a surprise let alone a mistake?