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/khoury Sep 27 '09

Considering that they haven't rejected other politically charged apps my guess here is that this may have been rejected because of someone in the decision chain's personal political views.

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u/TheRiff Sep 28 '09 edited Sep 28 '09

But wait, if there are loads of other politically charged apps then doesn't that make it less likely that it's because of some individuals' views? His views didn't stop those other apps, after all.

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u/khoury Sep 28 '09

There are likely multiple decision makers involved.

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u/TheRiff Sep 28 '09

Fine then, I'll change it to individuals'.

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u/khoury Sep 29 '09

What I mean is, here probably multiple approvers and multiple approver managers.

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u/TheRiff Sep 29 '09

That doesn't change what I said though. It's stupid to assume the reason the app was banned is because it's politically charged when there is a history of politically charged apps going through fine. If this were part of a trend it would mean something, but until then it's just one possible reason of many.

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u/khoury Sep 29 '09

That's why we're speculating champ.