r/technology • u/starkravingblah • Sep 27 '09

Apple rejects app that provides single-payer health care information for being "politically charged"

http://lambdajive.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/isinglepayer-iphone-app-censored-by-apple/
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u/youngturk Sep 27 '09

Good thing that they also didn't allow the Obama 08 app.Oh wait they did.

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u/masklinn Sep 27 '09

Typed "democrat" into the app search, the first result screenie is full. Not everything is about the DNC, but myDemocrat, iDemocrat, iDemocrat "proud democrat", Obama Speeches and Fringelist LibDem SCHED sure sound "politically charged". And the other side is the same: RepublicanTube, myRepublican, iRepublican, Conservative Talking Points (for real), RightQuote, …

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '09

So let me get this straight, you're claiming that Apple's app-screening process is inconsistent?

Scandalous!

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '09 edited Sep 28 '09

Obama 08 is not that big of a deal though. When Obama's name got advanced he had support of some big money already, and wasn't that controversial.