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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. No more apples by dynamic_cast · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So glad I ditched apple and went back to pc/android a couple of years ago when this kind of crap started.

  2. What exactly is illegal about those apps? by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As far as I can tell, the Senators decided to write Apple precisely because there was nothing illegal about those apps. Reporting on police activity isn't illegal - yet, I guess. I'm not entirely surprised that those apps specifically were banned from the app store, because Apple has an interest in keeping legislators off its back and keep up the image of offering a wholesome version of the Internet. At the same time, I'm curious what other apps would fall under this, or if Apple is going to keep this little bit of TOS around only to remove apps that generate too much bad publicity. My guess is it's going to be the latter.

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