And while we ‘re at it, I ‘ll voice the same issue I had with Wal-Mart years ago, which is a matter of consistency and hypocrisy. Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and ‘clean ‘ versions be made for them to carry. Bands (including Nirvana) tripped over themselves editing out words, changing album art, etc to meet Wal-Mart ‘s standards of decency – because Wal-Mart sells a lot of records. NIN refused, and you ‘ll notice a pretty empty NIN section at any Wal-Mart. My reasoning was this: I can understand if you want the moral posturing of not having any ‘indecent ‘ material for sale – but you could literally turn around 180 degrees from where the NIN record would be and purchase the film ‘Scarface ‘ completely uncensored, or buy a copy of Grand Theft Auto where you can be rewarded for beating up prostitutes. How does that make sense?
That ‘s just a portion of Trent Reznor ‘s reaction to the latest version of his band ‘s NIN Access app being rejected by Apple. TechCrunch has a great post up detailing this latest example of how utterly stupid the App Store ‘s review process continues to be.
Apparently the app contains a link somewhere within it “ to a streamable podcast of one of Nine Inch Nails ‘ songs that has language in it that was flagged by Apple under the infamous ‘objectionable content ‘ section of the SDK Agreement.
I think Reznor ‘s point about the hypocrisy of Wal-Mart ‘s stance is an excellent one “ and it is just as applicable and valid in relation to Apple ‘s stupid, unclear, and inconsistent approval / rejection policies for the App Store.
The TechCrunch post covers all of Reznor ‘s full-blooded response to Apple “ including some excellent examples of the kinds of objectionable content he can be exposed to via Apple ‘s own applications. The post contains a lot of graphic “ and potentially NSFW “ language “ and is well worth a read. Check it out HERE
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