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So 'curation' means 'arbitrarily refusing to let someone give something away for free for absolutely no good reason'? http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/07/apple-dic
by derleth 14y ago
So 'curation' means 'arbitrarily refusing to let someone give something away for free for absolutely no good reason'?
http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/07/apple-dicks/ http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/07/apple-dicks/
(Oh. No. Apple had a very good reason: It was called xscreensaver and fuck you. I believe the second reason was the most important one.)
- dasil003 14y agoHm, but then they let it through: http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/08/xscreensaver-for-ios-now-available-in-the-app-store/ http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/08/xscreensaver-for-ios-now-ava... I fail to see the point of your tangential vitriol.
- derleth 14y ago> Hm, but then they let it through: Am I the only one that sees the idiocy here? That jwz had to fight with them at all is the entire point.
- dasil003 14y agoOf course but it's nothing more than bureaucratic red tape. This was simply the call that one junior reviewer made at one point based on a strict interpretation of the rules that had to be appealed. Obviously there will be some false negatives. The quality of the App Store is certainly better than Google Play.
- derleth 14y ago> Of course but it's nothing more than bureaucratic red tape. And you can't see it as the fault of the red tape itself.
- dasil003 14y agoThe red tape is not the executive apparatus, but rather the choice of the executive apparatus. And since I'm not an idealogue I can see the pros and cons.
- rayiner 14y agoYes, because giving people choices imposes a small but real cost upon them. It's science.
- derleth 14y ago> Yes, because giving people choices imposes a small but real cost upon them. It's science. I'm going to charitably guess you're being sarcastic.