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I found the app as seen in the video to be rather innocuous. Not something I'd buy, but not any more alarming than a good Family Guy episode or a "kick the baby
by gcheong 18y ago
I found the app as seen in the video to be rather innocuous. Not something I'd buy, but not any more alarming than a good Family Guy episode or a "kick the baby" moment in South Park either.
"Surprised on the one hand it was approved, but also surprising it was then pulled. It'd be better to have specific rules and stick to them, rather than react to media hysteria."
This is what puts me off about the App Store. Not knowing where the bar for approval is and the fact that they can just change their mind if something gets enough attention.
- derefr 18y agoIndeed, I don't see a reason (other than user complaints) for them to have pulled the app. Sure, it's tasteless, but it does what it says on the tin, isn't pornographic, doesn't screw with your phone or lose battery life or infringe copyrights, and doesn't break a single law in any country that I'm aware of the iPhone being deployed. If you're going to argue that it might encourage someone to shake a baby at some point, think about this: it wouldn't be a horrifying concept for an app, and thus wouldn't have any kind of appeal at all, unless you already knew what shaking babies did to them, and thus knew not to do it. It's not like Little Timmy is going to find this, play it, and then try it on his little sister. If he doesn't know what Shaken Baby Syndrome is, he just wouldn't get it, or why it's funny, and therefore wouldn't buy it.