Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring

Re:Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring by pkaler on Thursday August 06, 2009 @05:09PM (#746402)

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.

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Re:Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring by freetard on Thursday August 06, 2009 @09:30PM (#746827)

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.

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Re:Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring by Retric on Thursday August 06, 2009 @05:41PM (#746468)

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.

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Re:Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring by anigbrowl on Thursday August 06, 2009 @05:37PM (#746457)

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.

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Re:Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring by pkaler on Thursday August 06, 2009 @08:19PM (#746742)

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

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