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I wonder what a young Steve Jobs would have thought of his App store. The guy who went to India looking for spiritual enlightenment. Forcing a certain level of

by bobsy 14y ago

I wonder what a young Steve Jobs would have thought of his App store. The guy who went to India looking for spiritual enlightenment. Forcing a certain level of quality is fine. Protecting users from scamware is also fine. Apple goes far beyond this. They nanny the user and force upon them what Apple perceive is right and wrong. I got my first iMac 5 years ago and I thought Apple were awesome and innovative. Now I just find them overbearing. Like success has lead to the corporate types making decisions instead of those that originally drove development and change. I have an iPad for testing. I avoided getting a new Apple computer in favour of a Linux computer. First time I turned on my latest computer i felt somewhat liberated being away from an Apple logo. Looking back I had the same feeling firing up my Mac for the first time. I felt free of a virus filled Windows and I remember thinking that the future had finally arrived. Its interesting how feelings and perceptions change.

patgarner 14y ago
The impression I got at some point was that the reason for the absence of nudity or porn in apps sold on the iOS app store was not to nanny what users do with the device, but rather that Apple/Steve Jobs did not want to be the purveyors of nudity or porn in the same sense that if I owned a news stand I wouldn't want to sell magazines that promoted racism. I can see where the strictness of the current app store in that regard might be in line with the uplifting side of spirituality. Having said that, I'll add that I think there are things about the app store that don't fit with that quest for spiritual enlightenment.
gurkendoktor 14y ago
This is not about money, unlike the Microsoft/Dropbox IAP quarrel. iOS has been a PG-rated nanny 5 years ago when you bought your iMac. If typical corporate types were making decisions, they would probably see a lost opportunity and reverse Apple's stance on porn - having millions of credit cards on file would be a perfect base to start selling adult content. > The guy who went to India looking for spiritual enlightenment. Buddhism can be incredibly prude, though I am not familiar with the kind(s) of Buddhism that one would find in India.

by bobsy 14y ago

patgarner 14y ago

The impression I got at some point was that the reason for the absence of nudity or porn in apps sold on the iOS app store was not to nanny what users do with the device, but rather that Apple/Steve Jobs did not want to be the purveyors of nudity or porn in the same sense that if I owned a news stand I wouldn't want to sell magazines that promoted racism. I can see where the strictness of the current app store in that regard might be in line with the uplifting side of spirituality. Having said that, I'll add that I think there are things about the app store that don't fit with that quest for spiritual enlightenment.

gurkendoktor 14y ago

This is not about money, unlike the Microsoft/Dropbox IAP quarrel. iOS has been a PG-rated nanny 5 years ago when you bought your iMac. If typical corporate types were making decisions, they would probably see a lost opportunity and reverse Apple's stance on porn - having millions of credit cards on file would be a perfect base to start selling adult content. > The guy who went to India looking for spiritual enlightenment. Buddhism can be incredibly prude, though I am not familiar with the kind(s) of Buddhism that one would find in India.