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The number one take away from this, for those who didn't know, is that Apple disallowed an application that displays lyrics, just because some lyrics contain pr
by madair 17y ago
The number one take away from this, for those who didn't know, is that Apple disallowed an application that displays lyrics, just because some lyrics contain profanity.
Yeah.
This is a significant abuse of corporate gatekeeping power. Why are people accepting this? Are the majority of people that lethargic so as to ignore such significant limits on their ability to use and create content and applications for devices?
Would it be acceptable if Apple just out and out banned the music that contains the profanities? That's pretty close to what they are doing. I'm really struggling here to understand how people lie down and take this.
Loss of freedom in the name of commerce is disgusting, despicable, and most importantly, unethical, and needs to be stopped.
- asciilifeform 17y ago> Why are people accepting this? Because Apple has no competition. At least, not in the smart-phone market. It has "competition" - pseudo-rivals who manufacture absolute crap, which is more often than not a slavish (and poor) imitation of Apple products. Anyone who insists on a well-designed, consistent user interface is currently at Apple's mercy.
- madair 17y agoThe familiar "only the market can resolve this" viewpoint. Regulation is also a powerful tool for resolving issues like this. The usual tripe about profits suffering and everything made worse can now be cued up and played...now!
- lowdown 17y agoIs this a suggestion that Congress needs to step in and provide oversight on the iPhone App Store?
- madair 17y agoThis is a suggestion that people should not be barred from producing or installing applications on their devices.
- asciilifeform 17y agoI believe the Jailbreak still works.
- jcl 17y agoNot for lack of Apple trying to kill it. I believe the parent is suggesting that an option similar to jailbreaking should always be allowed, maybe even required. http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/13/apple-says-jailbreaking-is-illegal/ http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/13/apple-says-jailbreaking-is-il...
- asciilifeform 17y agoI'm not sure exactly how regulators could force non-Apple smartphone makers to produce non-junk. Or should Apple be nationalized and turned into a government bureaucracy? That hasn't worked well historically, either.
- madair 17y agoNo, it's nothing about forcing production of new devices. It's simply about rejecting constraints on the legal software that may run on those devices.
- callahad 17y ago1. These rejections are largely invisible to consumers. 2. Nothing on the market comes close to matching consumer perception of the iPhone's features and flash.