Afghanistan '11 Is Great Enough For Its Own Thread

[Navaronegun]

@Rod_Humble

I also tend towards the “they are just incompetent” side of the argument.

@tomchick

Anyone who calls this censorship doesn’t understand the meaning of the word. Dictionary definitions appealing to common usage are the last refuge of a weak argument.

Furthermore, it buries the more important point about what’s going on here. It’s dumb. At least censorship has a sense of purpose. This is just collateral damage from Apple’s clueless application of whatever policy is supposed to keep hate speech out of the Apple store.

I think you are automatically giving them the benefit of the doubt as being “dumb” or “incompetent”, claiming that as some saving grace.

The use of censorship usually is. I think they are indeed censoring, because they fear controversy. Not to uphold some agenda. Yes that is dumb, and a sign of incompetence. So?

It’s Kafka-esque in application because they don’t want to provide any answers.

The example I used above was merely to show that the end results of politically motivated and fear-based corporatist censorship , and the bureaucratic desire for opaqueness (and intimidation tactics in using that process) are both the same, regardless. Not to imply Apple has some Political Agenda.

@Strollen

I’m about pro capitalist person as there is on the forum, but I agree with @Navarongun. The gatekeepers in general, and Apple in particular have a dangerous amount of power. The lack of transparency in Apple’s case is most disturbing. I can think of no reason why Afghanistan 11 shouldn’t be the apps store.

I’d say the government should require Apple to publish their criteria for rejected a game, and also have an appeal process.

This I agree with in total. I think Google should as well. The same way I believed in a higher standard of FCC regulation when only 3 Networks provided content over the airways.