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Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps

Posted by timothy on from the knuckling-under-to-the-man dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In late March, four US senators banded together and wrote a letter to Apple asking that they remove apps that alert users as to the whereabouts of DUI checkpoints. Now, Apple has revised its app store guidelines to ban those type of 'illegal' apps."

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  1. Makes sense by Combatso · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just in time for me to release my new "lemonade stand app" it tells you if you are approaching a lemonade stand, and to slow down just in case you are thirsty, or take a different route if you don't like lemonade at all.

  2. Re:What exactly is illegal about those apps? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're not illegal, the submitter just threw that word in and put it in quotes because they're an 'idiot'.

  3. Re:Aside from hype, Apple's real policy... by Duradin · · Score: 4, Funny

    "this historically means "go ahead you're clear.""

    That's news to me. It traditionally means "clear the way, I'm moving faster than you."