On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:14 AM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote: > What Apple is doing with the iTunes App Store is selling what they want in > their own store. If you want something else, go to Cydia.
Yes, Apple does not want to be associated with the dissemination of products that they construe to be potentially associated with pornography under the laws of the United States. That is a legal and/or moral position that they have taken. Apple does not want such products to be able to operate on their devices that employ their operating system, thus they have decided to ban such applications from their store. Apple is making some mistakes in how they are implementing this ban, in some cases allowing major players to slide by while banning the minors even though their content may be far less objectionable. In this arena, Apple appears to have fallen into step with the uber-conservative mindset, and many feel that such a stance runs counter to the concept that Apple has traditionally adhered to, that being something for the "rest of us." Maybe there is no "rest of us" anymore, or at least not in a form that dares to be in the public eye. Seen any big war protests lately? Maybe 9/11 has changed us more than we have fully realized. Maybe McCarthyism is making a comeback as many are saying, and you are either with us or against us as a recent President intoned as an implied warning. With technology being what it is today, a lot of folks are claiming that Apple could have taken a different approach to this issue of applications. Perhaps so, but Apple decided to go with the blunt force method which usually works pretty damn well, objectionable as it may be to many. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
