9 Banned Apps You’ll Never See on the iPhone

Filed under: Cell Phones, Editor’s Picks, iPhone, Mobile Software, Mobile Phones

There’s no denying the runaway success of Apple’s App Store: to date, iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded some 2 billion applications from its ever-expanding library of 100,000. But there’s also no escaping the rumblings of discontent from many consumers and developers who feel that Apple is unfairly acting as judge, jury, and executioner by censoring apps and exiling them from the App Store.

Much of the consternation stems from the fact that Apple has never published hard and fast guidelines for what determines whether an app will be allowed through Apple’s gatekeepers. To make matters worse for frustrated developers, Apple frequently contradicts itself in its judgments. So, state, while porn stars are free to peddle T and A to consenting adults, e-book packages that include the “Kama Sutra” are apparently too risqu for Apple. In the hopes of discovering a method to this maddening process, we’ve looked at nine high-profile iPhone apps that were found guilty of transgressing Apple’s (unwritten) approval terms, and weigh in on the fairness of Apple’s judgment and the likelihood an app will have it overturned on appeal in the future.

Continue reading 9 Banned Apps You’ll Never See on the iPhone

9 Banned Apps You’ll Never See on the iPhone originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

||

Via [switched]

Share This

Share This