Apple continues their double-standard trend, claims the developer of an app called iGaydar, Terry Ray.
Why?
Because his app was rejected on the same day that Bruno -- an app for promotion of the movie with Sacha Baren Cohen -- was approved. The reason for rejection? It was considered "objectionable content" even though his app was much less graphic than that of Bruno, he claims.
iGaydar is an app that pretends to detect someone's sexuality, by first displaying a random percentage and then having some sort of witty, gay-themed statement, like "Honey, not even your priorities are straight" and the like. Overall, it seems to be just an app that's nothing more than just having a little fun.
Now compare it to Bruno, which lets you undress Cohen's character as well as touching various body parts that emit what could be considered 'offensive' noises to some. According to Ray, Bruno was only accepted due to major studio backing and publicity. If it was any other regular developer, the app would be rejected.
This continues Apple's history of app rejections that have some sort of sex-theme going on, even though none of the apps showed anything graphic. Examples include Naughty Loaded Dice, which was blocked temporarily early July. Eucalyptus, an e-reader app, was also blocked in May due to the app accessing the free Project Gutenberg library, which allows access to Kama Sutra. Yes, that centuries-old Indian religios text was seen by Apple as "inappropriate sexual content".
We have to wonder when, if ever, Apple will stop with silly nonsense like this.
