Swearing is only negative because of your own perception. To a lot people they're just words, strong words, but not necessarily negative as you seem to imply.

Yes, exactly. Swearing is negative because of my perception. That doesn't make it correct or incorrect. And Apple is doing me a service when they rate those type of Apps as 17+.

It's not censorship. It's about letting the consumer know what they are actually purchasing.

Did you read the article? It's an edictionary! That means you are only going to see curse words if you actually search for them. So what if you don't know what cunt or faggot mean (eg as a non native English speaker)? You shouldn't be able to find out? That's crazy.

IMO, 17+ denotes nudity or graphic violence not swearing. So saying 17+ is providing most people a hint that it's got swearing silly. If they really care they should have a 13+ (swearing) category.

Cue religious fundamentalist iPhone users demanding they be protected from seeing information about evolution or other heretical belief systems - the point being that these judgment calls are terribly subjective. Should other dictionaries (which allow one to look up swear words) also be rated 17+, in your view? Serious question.

I don't want to be protected. I want to be informed.

It fills your headspace with negativity that a dictionary includes the definitions of curse words? Its not like they peppered the menus and help with curse words.

Dude, parental controls are there for keeping words away from children. You are not the target audience, even if you like them.