Comments on: Apple Makes Another Sensible App Store Policy Reversal https://isource.com/2009/07/27/apple-makes-another-sensible-app-store-policy-reversal/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: anonymous https://isource.com/2009/07/27/apple-makes-another-sensible-app-store-policy-reversal/#comment-10335 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:16:26 +0000 http://isource.com/iphone-app-store/apple-makes-another-sensible-app-store-policy-reversal/%20#comment-10335 It would be useful if the promotion codes could at least be used outside of the US

]]> By: patrickj https://isource.com/2009/07/27/apple-makes-another-sensible-app-store-policy-reversal/#comment-10331 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:45:31 +0000 http://isource.com/iphone-app-store/apple-makes-another-sensible-app-store-policy-reversal/%20#comment-10331 I wouldn't argue against these browser apps having a rating that allows them to be included within parental controls, but I think it's unfair and wrong to lump them in with apps that genuinely focus on or provide *only* adult / violent content and similar. And they should also clearly show on their App Store page that they are rated 17+ (or whatever more appropriate rating can be given to them) for only one reason – like 'provides access to the internet'. At the moment, they carry the full listing of 'frequent / intense' sexual content or nudity, and the same for realistic violence etc.

This seems more than a little absurd to me. A little like labeling an encyclopedia 17+ and noting frequent sexual / violent content, because somewhere amidst all its other coverage, it will touch on pornography and acts of violence throughout history.

]]> By: Steve Crooks https://isource.com/2009/07/27/apple-makes-another-sensible-app-store-policy-reversal/#comment-10326 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:11:04 +0000 http://isource.com/iphone-app-store/apple-makes-another-sensible-app-store-policy-reversal/%20#comment-10326 Wait a minute — doesn't it actually make sense to lump browser-embedded apps within the 17+ rating bracket? How else are parents who want to control things on their kid's device going to prevent undesirable surfing? Right now a parent can disable Safari and disable downloading content above a certain rating, thus preventing using the device to browse in any way. If Apple lets apps with open browsing have ratings of less than 17+ then that breaks things for parents who want this kind of control.

Note that this is not an argument about whether parents _should_ do things like this. I personally believe it's up to each parent to decide how to parent their children. But since there are already parental controls this is more of an argument for not breaking them or making them ineffectual. (Or at least ineffectual without a lot of work on the part of the kid.)

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