Fart Apps. There's more of them in the iTunes App Store than you could beat down with a whole rack of servers. So many flatulence-based iOS applications had, shall we say, permeated the App Store that it last September, the tech giant decided that anything submitted for approval that looked even remotely gassy would be rejected. With the issue of fart-centric applications firmly dealt with, it seems that the tech giant has had time to consider their next true enemy. A nemesis that has thumbed their nose at the Cupertino-based company's core values and played upon simple consumers for far too long. Yes, we're talking about single-station radio apps.

Wait, what?

According to Jim Barcas of DJB Radio Apps, Apple opted to step on the neck of developers submitting single station radio applications for App Store approval back on November 10th. In a story posted by The Register, Barcas was quoted as saying Apple "will no longer approve any more radio station apps unless there are hundreds of stations on the same app." Barcas stated that he felt that Apple didn't understand that radio stations are engaged in "fierce competition"", and that the company "just wants all radio stations to be on one big fat app, and that's just not going to happen."

While it may sound like Apple is out to befuddle the efforts of independent radio stations to stay afloat in a sea of technology hellbent on making their medium irrelevant, the company's disdain for App Store clutter isn't confined one trick pony audio apps. Back in September when Cupertino decided that they'd seen enough fart apps to last a lifetime, they slipped this little gem into their App Store guidelines:

"...developers 'spamming' the App Store with many versions of similar apps will be removed from the iOS Developer Program."

Does that mean that every tower defense game out there will be cut out of the App Store? Will one flashlight app rise to rule them all? Only time will tell.

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