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Apple Balks, Finally Relents, At Possible User Queries of Dictionary App

Posted by timothy on from the my-dictionary-doesn't-even-list-the-****ing-word dept.

Geoffrey.landis writes with a snippet from CNET reporting another example of offputting treatment at Apple's App Store: "'In this case, it's a dictionary app called Ninjawords (so called because ninjas are 'smart, accurate, and really fast') that was rejected three times over the course of two months, mostly because 'objectionable' words could be looked up and found in the dictionary's search function, Gruber reported.' PCWorld also reports the story." Note that the app was eventually approved, but only after a few go-rounds and changes.

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  1. Good to see by santax · · Score: 3, Funny

    some people still think about the children.

    1. Re:Good to see by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Also, remove 'objectionable' body parts...

      Hey I like my objectionable body parts, you insensitive clod!

  2. Re:Great... by abshack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, yeah. Apple has a strict policy against duplication of core functionality.

  3. 100% proof... by tacarat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pirates work at the Apple App Store.

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  4. Haha. by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 2, Funny

    That reminds me of when I was a kid and I would go to the library and look up "dirty" words in the dictionary. Learning that 'vagina' is in the dictionary is comedy gold to an 8-year-old...

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  5. Best Quote from TFA: by hivemind_mvgc · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Apple requires you to be 17 years or older to purchase a censored dictionary that omits half the words Steve Jobs uses every day."

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  6. Ban the phone app by moloney · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe Apple should ban the phone application in the iPhone since users are currently able to communicate bad words.

  7. Re:What is the solution ? by mr_lizard13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't understand what you mean.

    I looked up the word 'fuck' but I can't find it in my iDictionary.

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  8. Re:Great... by Hurricane78 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Strange. I looked up "duplication of core functionality" on Wikipedia, and it redirected me to "monopoly".

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  9. No Calculator App then? by Luthair · · Score: 4, Funny

    someone could enter 8008S on it, think of the children!

    1. Re:No Calculator App then? by raddan · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your calculator has an 'S' key?

  10. Re:What is the solution ? by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are task forces underway to... ensure every home has a large print bible with big pictures of a non-Jewish Jesus.

    How? With full-frontal non-circumcised nudity?

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  11. Re:If you mean did not relent, then yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    From TFA ,"The list of omitted words includes some which have utterly non-objectionable senses: ass, snatch, pussy, cock, and even screw."

    "Screw" has always been a dirty word at Apple. Wholesome families like their computer cases sealed up tight with no removable or replaceable parts.