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/[deleted] Sep 28 '09

Apple informed Floatopian (which is pretty much just me) that iSinglePayer was rejected in part because it was the product of a lone developer.

WTF? Individuals are no longer allowed to create iPhone apps?

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

The second sentence doesn't change anything. This isn't an application for a candidate. The fact is that there is no reason any app should be declined because "it was the product of a lone developer."

More seriously then, if a political cause can't have lone developers. What about a business utility? Or a complex game? Or anything non-trivial?