Comments on: Apple censors Ninjawords iPhone dictionary app (UPDATED)

By: Yoda47

Yoda47 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:37:10 +0000

Jay, I believe Majorinus is using “sarcasm”
(I’d link to a dictionary definition but then Apple might read my post and revoke my Apple ID….

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:44:39 +0000

One hopes that Apple does not withdraw the fabulous free app, dictionary.com. Rarely do you even have to type in the whole word, since it starts suggesting early on. It also speaks the word if you click on its microphone icon, making the “bad” words even more potentially titillating.

The censorship of a dictionary is about as ludicrous as Apple has gotten so far in its Draconian and inconsistant approval process. How about all the fart apps? Those are ok, and a dictionary is not? Ye gods!

By: jay

jay — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:04:18 +0000

Majorinus You are kidding? don’t you?

By: HeavyG

HeavyG — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:00:36 +0000

WTF is up with Apple and their App Store????

This silliness they engage in on a seemingly weekly basis is just bizarre.

What baffles me is that the American Heritage 4th Edition I bought for my iPod Touch has all those words on the list along with their slang definitions.

Exactly what has Apple achieved here?

This is the major thing that bugs me about the App Store. Apple should not even be a gatekeeper that determines which apps or content that users can place on their device.

Apps for the iPhone/Touch should be available from other vendors such as Handango or PocketGear or directly from the creator in addition to the App Store.

Are people just too busy slamming Amazon and the Kindle to see that this is just as nefarious (more so in my opinion)? Where’s the outrage? Where’s the lawsuits? Where’s the same sort of venom Bezos is subjected to?

By: Majorinus

Majorinus — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:59:21 +0000

Therefore, Mac OS should be sold with a “parental advisory: explicit content” ticket. I’ve looked up in the Dictionary application, which is included in the Apple system, and not only it includes words like “pussy”, “fuck” or “dick”: they are also indexed, so that any kid can unawarely find a lascivious vagina when he or she is looking for information about Alexander Pushkin. Intolerable. We should make Apple know that we won’t let our children to freely access to such a pornographic operative system. By the way, I’m thinking that Apple’s photographic professional software, “Aperture”, may contain, in its name, a subliminal suggestion to promiscuity. We need to find out.