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Apple’s approval system is very uniquely complex, and I guess that really annoys all application developers to a great extent. Alright, porn was okay and mandatory with due respect to social values, but what makes Apple reject iSealClub? Oh yes, there is always a room for improvement everywhere, so as in your approval system, Apple. Developers are really seeking for a pre-defined rejection criteria, so that you and they both don’t hassle over it.
Matthew Smyth, the innovative creator for iSealClub, wrote a fully featured post to seek for the reasons. He says that the application was simply a hunting based game, so what was there to fuss about? He innocently explained that he developed the game on the ground of hunting seals through a club.
Application bears a simple behaviour, where you’re supposed to be an armed seal hunter at a club. A countless number of seals are laid on the ground of the club. Tap on the screen to hit the focused seal. You can change the club’s direction through tilting your iPhone in a desired direction. And he promised that he tried his best to smudge all the bloody and slaughter effects of the application. Smyth notified that he emailed Apple to write the concerned questionnaire about the apps approval but they responded negatively that Apple doesn’t pre-approve the apps.
As expected, Apple rejected the application on the justification of enclosing “content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, sounds, etc.) that in Apple’s reasonable judgment may be found objectionable.”
It’s appropriate to ban heart striking (slaughtering) apps, as this can cause violence in users. Unfortunately, Smyth’s application is one of the cruel realities based on something called “The Canadian Seal Hunt”. Hey! Wait a second why only his application to be disapproved what about those gangster applications or hunting games stealing cars and shooting the men to death. I got a couple of examples through a small look at App store:
- iHunt, iFishing, Ace Hunter, iHunt 3D, Big Buck Hunter, Trophy Hunt I believe all games are about hunting animals for various sports
- Pocket God and Play God is a torture to kill Pygmies
- iMob, iMobsters lets you to create a mob that you arm with weapons and perform crimes for profit, etc
If these can make it to the app store, so can iSealClub.
The list goes on that drives me to think twice if what would be the actual reason behind iSealClub’s approval. Is Apple getting hypo critic in regards to app approvals for the gaming applications? And it’s not just Apple to it, it’s also PETA, an opposed organization to any kind of violence toward animals. Their campaign includes banning video games and apps that go against animal rights. PETA highly appreciated Apple to reject iSealClub and presented some vegan chocolate seals as Thanksgiving for such a humanistic nature of Steve. They quoted:
“We felt really sorry for Canadian government’s cruel attitude and inefficient excuses for justifying the bludgeoning of baby seals in its country”.
Wait a minute, is PETA trying to convince that hunting deer, killing cops or stealing cars is not violence? Why PETA is not more likely to see through these applications, make an issue of a non-issue and go to protest? They posted a huge letter that states written content on behalf of animal slaughter.
Dear Mr. Jobs,
On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters worldwide, thank you for rejecting the proposed iSealClub iPhone application, which has drawn a great deal of attention to Canada’s annual baby-seal slaughter . You are in good company. Global leaders as diverse as Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, and the Dalai Lama have taken a stand against the slaughter, and the European Union recently voted to ban seal fur.
As a token of our appreciation, we will be sending you some vegan-chocolate seals.
Kind regards,
Dan Mathews
Senior Vice President
Did Steve ban the app just to get a green badge from the seal-savors? You never know, may be!
Whatever is the case, Apple really needs to explain its approval process clearly. Every next week we see Apple making some confused decisions from its app store. This is just not acceptable.
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nice post. thanks.
I was reading something else about this on another blog. Interesting. Your linear perspective on it is diametrically opposed to what I read before. I am still reflecting over the diverse points of view, but I’m leaning to a great extent toward yours. And regardless, that’s what is so superb about modern-day democracy and the marketplace of thoughts on-line.