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

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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Re:Wellll,

[RedK]

What is Apple censoring on the net exactly ? Apple is choosing what goes and doesn't go into the App Store, a private entity under their control. They haven't censored anything on the Internet yet. This guy is free to register ninjawords.com and put up his dictionary as a web application and it will show up on Safari on the iPhone without any kind of censorship.

Also, Microsoft doesn't play by the same rules Apple does, so not only is your argument is a slipery slope, it's also a strawman. Monopolies have to abide by the rules of anti-trust laws. Apple doesn't.

Errm, what about Slashdot?

[Lars T.]

Two links to add infested mass-media blurbs both quoting the same blog entry by John Gruber, but no fucking direct link to that story. Boo to Apple, Hurray to Slashdot for sticking it to Corporate America?