South Park Application Declined By Apple
Amit Chowdhry | Tuesday February 17, 2009 | 479 views
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has decided to reject a South Park application that allows users to watch clips from the show. Apple believed that South Park’s content was “potentially offensive.” Oddly enough, iTunes sells episodes, full seasons, and the South Park movie. How could the show not be offensive, but an application be offensive? Perhaps its the walled garden that Apple has around their precious App Store. After all South Park isn’t the only application that has been turned down by Apple.
“We first announced our iPhone App back in October, after we submitted the Application to Apple for approval. After a couple of attempts to get the application approved, we are sad to say that our app has been rejected. According to Apple, the content was “potentially offensive.” But Apple did admit that the standards would evolve, citing that when iTunes first launched it didn’t sell any music with explicit lyrics. At this point, we are sad to say, the app is dead in the water. Sorry, South Park fans,” wrote a South Park exec in an e-mail to BoingBoing.
Apple has also turned down an ebook with swear words, a tethering application, and an app that costs $999 that has a picture of a diamond. Wobble Wobble Bikini Fun had to change around their name to not mention the word “boobs” anywhere. Perhaps we’ll soon start seeing an age 17+ category for apps within iTunes. Turning down a mainstream company from submitting applications is definetely not in Apple’s interest.
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