Apple Removed Another Controversial App!

[ItsComrade]

Apple removed an app on its app store, involving the use of pot. Yet another case of Apple's removing controversial material on its market.

 

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/21/5739922/weed-firm-removed-from-app-store

[Paralectic]

Rather such censorship than a virus-filled market on the Android platform.

[iwasaperson]

Rather such censorship than a virus-filled market on the Android platform.

Use common sense when browsing the Play Store then. Do you complain about Windows because a lot of programs have viruses?

[jmaster299]

Apple removed an app on its app store, involving the use of pot. Yet another case of Apple's censorship on its market.

 

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/21/5739922/weed-firm-removed-from-app-store

No, censorship is when you seek to silence speaking freely on their own. It would only be censorship if Apple attempted to have an app removed from someone else's app store. Apple has numerous policies that you must agree to in order buy or sell on their app store, that is their absolute right. It's no different than the policies you agree to before posting here on the LTT forums. At any time your posts can be edited or removed for violation of those policies, but that does not make it censorship.

 

 

Use common sense when browsing the Play Store then. Do you complain about Windows because a lot of programs have viruses?

 

Huge difference between the two. People don't get Windows viruses because of a program they download from the official Microsoft store. The Google Play store should be 100% virus free. Not one single program should ever be listed for sale without first being checked by Google for malware. But Google doesn't bother to check anything before they allow it to be sold, they also don't even bother to remove the majority of malicious apps even after they are reported. In 2013, Google only removed a pathetic 23% of the apps that were reported and confirmed as being malicious. Also, nearly 13% of ALL apps being sold on the Google Play Store were malicious.

[ItsComrade]

No, censorship is when you seek to silence speaking freely on their own. It would only be censorship if Apple attempted to have an app removed from someone else's app store. Apple has numerous policies that you must agree to in order buy or sell on their app store, that is their absolute right. It's no different than the policies you agree to before posting here on the LTT forums. At any time your posts can be edited or removed for violation of those policies, but that does not make it censorship.

 

Alright, I changed it. Sorry for the misinformation.

[ForsakenLive]

Apple developed an environment on their own, if they wish to control it, that's good for them. It's like the rules on a fancy restaurant, they may have the smokers area, but they don't want you smoking pot (even if it's legal on the country), etiquette things.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

As already stated there are certain rules that apply to applications on the Appstore and if they are broken your app will be taken down. No big deal, when you're on Apples turf you play by their rules.

[theroflcopta]

How about they remove the hundreds of terrible games that are blatant clones of existing ones that have extremely predatory business models that are designed to fool children into spending hundreds of their parents dollars?

[jmaster299]

How about they remove the hundreds of terrible games that are blatant clones of existing ones that have extremely predatory business models that are designed to fool children into spending hundreds of their parents dollars?

How about parents take responsibility for their own children and use the protections already built into iOS to prevent their children from making the purchases in the first place? It's not Apple's job to police stupid and lazy parents. Same goes for the people who call for the banning of certain video games or TV shows. If you don't want your child exposed to something, it is the responsibility of the parents to keep their children from playing those games or watching those TV shows. Every TV for more than a decade has been required to have a v-chip built in, and parents can set parental controls on consoles to limit what their children play and how long they are allowed to play for.

[Homicidium]

Rather such censorship than a virus-filled market on the Android platform.

 

I've been using Android since 2010 and have NEVER had any problems concerning viruses in the Play Store. People, who have been a victim of this, were probably looking for apps they shouldn't have downloaded in the first place.

[theroflcopta]

How about parents take responsibility for their own children and use the protections already built into iOS to prevent their children from making the purchases in the first place? It's not Apple's job to police stupid and lazy parents. Same goes for the people who call for the banning of certain video games or TV shows. If you don't want your child exposed to something, it is the responsibility of the parents to keep their children from playing those games or watching those TV shows. Every TV for more than a decade has been required to have a v-chip built in, and parents can set parental controls on consoles to limit what their children play and how long they are allowed to play for.

Yeah the problem is that for the longest time there wasn't anything in place to protect them, and all they have is a few tools that a child could probably bypass. I mean as a kid did your parents ever password protect something? How long did it take you to figure it out? Dude it's not good business practices and sometimes there is only so much a parent can do. You can not buy your kid that game at the store sure. But you can't stop them from picking up your phone that you might have left lying there for a second and purchase 500 dollars of in game currency in a smurfs cow clicker. 

[Gunjob]

I've been using Android since 2010 and have NEVER had any problems concerning viruses in the Play Store. People, who have been a victim of this, were probably looking for apps they shouldn't have downloaded in the first place.

This all over, But I think most of the reason I've not suffered is I don't download games and silly "fun" apps.  I see the same thing with people and Flash/Java based games in work, machines flooded with virus/malware etc just so they can play some terrible point and click. Should Google do a better job of filtering out virus ridden software to protect the masses of people who just click and don't think? Yes probably, how many F***s do I give about those people who do? Very little. On the bright side when ever people do get infected by this stuff it brings in more money at work so I'm on the fence?

[jmaster299]

Yeah the problem is that for the longest time there wasn't anything in place to protect them, and all they have is a few tools that a child could probably bypass. I mean as a kid did your parents ever password protect something? How long did it take you to figure it out? Dude it's not good business practices and sometimes there is only so much a parent can do. You can not buy your kid that game at the store sure. But you can't stop them from picking up your phone that you might have left lying there for a second and purchase 500 dollars of in game currency in a smurfs cow clicker. 

Yes you can, it's called a password and setting your security settings correctly. From day 1 it has been impossible to purchase anything on the app store without first entering your password, unless you yourself disabled that feature. The complexity of your password is also your responsibility, and never has any ever been able to bypass the need for a password. This is your Apple ID password, not the phones lock screen. If a parent disables the need for their password, or is lazy and uses an easy password that their child can figure out, that is 100% the fault of the parent, end of story.

[theroflcopta]

Yes you can, it's called a password and setting your security settings correctly. From day 1 it has been impossible to purchase anything on the app store without first entering your password, unless you yourself disabled that feature. The complexity of your password is also your responsibility, and never has any ever been able to bypass the need for a password. This is your Apple ID password, not the phones lock screen. If a parent disables the need for their password, or is lazy and uses an easy password that their child can figure out, that is 100% the fault of the parent, end of story.

It took me 2 days to figure out a 15 character pass phrase my parents had for their computer and a 15 digit one for their appleIDs. Watching fingers isn't hard.  

[jmaster299]

It took me 2 days to figure out a 15 character pass phrase my parents had for their computer and a 15 digit one for their appleIDs. Watching fingers isn't hard.  

You contradict yourself. Did you figure it out on your own or did you learn it by watching them type it? A kid who is old enough to watch and remember someone entering a 15 digit password is old enough to know the consequences of their actions. That's a lot different than some 6 year old kid picking up dad's phone when he's not looking and spending money on a game because dad failed to protect his iTunes account. In either case, it is NOT Apple's job or responsibility. What exactly would your solution be? Should Apple require DNA and retinal scans before allowing purchases? If you bought something without permission your parents, and their credit card company, should have you thrown in jail for theft and credit card fraud.